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LIBRARY  OF  THE  THEOLOGICAL   SEMINARY 


PRINCETON,  N.  J. 


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South  Park  Presbyterian 

Church  (Newark,  N.J.) 
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SOUTH   PARK   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


Corner-Stone  TjAiD  October  29,  1853. 
Dedicated  February  ]5.  18SS. 


REV.   JAMES   PATRIOT  WILSON,   D.    D. 
Installed  Pastor  October  25,  1853. 


REV.    LYMAN    WHITNEY    ALLEN.    I),    I>. 

Installed  Pastor  Octobek  17,  1889. 


Sun^a1?,  ©ctober  25tb. 

/IRocniiift  Service  at  10.30  o'clocft. 

Okgan  Prklude — "Grand  Chorus,"  -  -  Dubois 

Anthem — Quartet  with  Solos,  "Jubilee  Ascriptions,"    //'.  //'.  Gihiirisi 

doxoloc.y. 

Invocation. 

The  Lokd's  Pkavek. 

Gi.OKiA   Paiki — Plain  Chant. 

The  Psalter. 

Response — Quartet  with  Solos,  "Golden  Thanksgiving's," 

Shclh'y-  Councni 
Hymn  1004 — "The  Church's  One  Foundation." 

SCRiPTi-KK  Lesson —  Rev.  Stuart  Nv-e  Hutchison 

Prayer. 

Hymn  918— "I  Love  Thy  Kingdom,   Lord." 

Golden  Jubilee  Oeeering. 

Oefertory — Quartet  with  Solos,  "Sing  Alleluia,"  Dudley-Buck 

Historical  Sermon — By  the  Pastor,  Rev.  Lyman  Whitney  Allen,  D.  D. 

Prayer. 

Hymn   714 — "How   Firm  a   Foundation." 

Benediction. 

Organ  Postlude:  — "Marche  Religeuse.  "  Handcl-Guilinaiit 


afternoon  Service 

at  3.30  o'clock. 


Cbe  Celebration  of  the  Sacrament  of  tbe  loriJ'B  Supper. 


Sun^a^,  ©ctobev  25tb. 

fivenlng   Service  at  7.43  o'clock. 


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iflftietb  anntvcreatB  Celebration  ot  tbe  Sun&ag  Scbools. 

Elder  GEORGE  S.  CLAl'P,  Presidiiiff. 


Organ  Pkim.idi-: — "Entre  ilu  Procession,"  -  Perifield 

PkocI';ssioxai. — No.  5,  "He.ir  the  Captain  Calling-." 

IxvoCATiox —  -  -  Ke\ .  Stuart  Nye  Hutcliison 

Thk  Lord's  Pravkr. 

Gloria  Pairi— Plain  Chant. 

Scripture  Rkading —  -  Elder  C.  Edwin  Young- 

Pravkr—  -  -  Elder  Daniel  Halsey 

Singing — No.  2,  "Rejoice,  the  Lord  is  King-." 

ExKRCiSES— By  the  Children  of  the  Chapel  School. 

Historical  Audricss — "The  Parish  School," 

Dr.   Joseph  S    Vinson,  Superintendent 

Historical  Address — "The  Chapel  School," 

Mr.  Oscar  E.  Day,  President  Teachers'  Association 

Exercises — By  the  Children  of  the  Parish  School. 

Sixging— No.  8,  "Lilies  of  the  Valley." 

Closing  Words— By  the  Pastor,        Rev.  Lyman  Whitney  Allen,  D.  D. 

Solo  — "  Creation's  Hymn,"   (lieethovcn),  -  Mr.  Keller 

Jubilee  Oiti-:rix(',. 

Singing— No.  14,  "All  Hail  the  Power  of  Jesus'  Name." 

Bexedictiox—  -  Rev.  Josiah  J.  Brown 


^Don^a\),  ©ctobcr  26tb. 

Ibistorical  Service  at  Eifibt  o'clock  in  tbe  evening. 


Elder  F.  WOLCOTT  JACKSON, 
Chairman   Historical   Committee.   Presiding. 

Organ   Pkhudk-  j  ;;Golden  Wedding  Music,"  iVagner 

(  '  fc-ntre  du  Lorteg'e,  /'uoois 

Invocation— The  Pastor.  Rev.   Lyman  Whitney  Allen,  D.  D. 

ScKiPTi'Hi':  KicAiiiNG — The  P.istor's  Assistant, 

Rev.  Stuart  Nye  HutchLson 
Soi.o — "We  Praise  Thee,"   {Ciordaiii),  -  Miss  MacCall 

Intkodcctokv —  -  -  Elder  F.   Wolcott  Jackson 

HiSTOKiCAi.  Adukkss —  -  Elder  Arthur  R.  Denman 

HvMN— No.  941,   "Blest  be  the  Tie  that  Binds  " 

Addrf.ss —  -  -  Rev.   William  Aikinan,   D.  D. 

Solo- "Stanzas  of  Praise,  "  (Flegii-r),  -  Mrs.   Taylor 

Addrkss —      Rev.  David  R.  Frazer,  D.  D.,  Pastor  First  Presb.  Church 

Solo— "The  Lord  is  My  Lig^ht,"  {Allc/seii),  Dr.   Wallhauser 

Prayer—  Rev.  Robert  Scott  Ing^lis,  Pastor  Third  Presb.  Church 

DoxoLOGV  — "Praise  (iod  from  Whom  all  Blessings  Flow." 

Benediction —  Rev.   Isaiah  B.  Hopuood,   D.   D.,  Pastor  Calvary 

Presb.  Church. 
PosTLCDE — "Marche  Triomphale,"  -  -  Collat-rts 


Note — Rev.  Dr.  William  Aikman  was  present  at  the  installation  of  Rev.  Dr.  James 
P.  Wilson,  Oct.  25,  18S3,  and  took  part  in  the2Sth  Anniversary,  1878. 

Rev.  Dr.  David  R.  Frazer  moderated  the  congregational  meetinjr  which  extended  the 
call  to  the  present  pastor.  Dr.  Allen,  and  took  part  in  his  installation,  Oct   17,  1889. 


Suc0^a^,  ©ctobcr  27tb. 
IReception  anC>  Social. 

Chairman  of  Reception  Committee,  Chairman  of  Social  Committee, 

Elder  ARTHUR  R.  DENMAN.  Elder  SAMUEL  CLARK. 

With  these  Committees  are  associated  the  Pastor,  the  wives  of  officers,  and  the  widows 
of  deceased  officers,  now  members  of  the  church. 

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Mulberry  Street  Chapel, 
1S51-19CI0 


South  Park  Memorial  Chape], 

Corner-stone  Laid  Mar.  6,  1900. 

Dedicated  Nov.  25,  1900. 


G:blu•6^a^,  ©ctobev  29tb. 

XIi3e  Celebration  ot  tbe   dbapel    USlorl?, 
at  tbe  Cbapel,  at  eigbt  o'clock  in  tbc  evening. 


Elder  CHARLES  M.   RUSSELL.  Presidini:. 

Prelude — Piano  and  Violin  Selections,       Mrs.  Vinson  antl  Mr.  Addis 


Singing — Congregation, 

Prayer — 

Reading  of  Sckiptuke- 

SoPRANO  Solo — 

Salutation — 

Recollections— 


Miss  Freeman,  Accompanist 

Mr.  Jardine  Wallace 

Mr.  George  C.  Sleeth 

Mrs.  Taylor 

Rev.  Stuart  Nye  Hutchison 

Mr.  Alexander  T.  Looker 

Mr.  Oscar  E.  Day 

Mr.  Samuel  Beaman 

Mrs.  Taylor  and  Miss  MacCall 

Mr.  Roy  Foster  Anthony 


Duet — Soprano  and  Alto, 

Review  of  Halk  a  Century — 

Singing— Congregation. 

Address — 

Prayer — 

Duet — Piano  and  Violin, 

Closing  Words  by  the  Pastok— Rev.  Lyman  Whitney  Allen,  D.  D. 

Singing — Congregation. 

Benediction—  -  Rev.  Stuart  Nye  Hutchison 

—  7  — 


Elder  Arthur  R.  Denman 

Elder  H.  Monroe  De  Long 

Mrs.  Vinson  and  Mr.  Addis 


Officers  of  tbe  Cburcb. 


Cbc  pastor 

TRcv.  Ignian  ■QClbltncB  alien,  ®.  2). 


Archibald  Parkhurst 
F.  Wolcott  Jackson 
Daniel  Halsev 


George  W.  Howell 
George  S.  Clapp 
Charles  M.  Russell 


Samuel  Clark 
James  S.  Higbie 
Arthur  R.  Denman 


C.  Edwin  Young 


H.  Monroe  De  Long 


Dr.  Joseph  C.  Young 
Dr.  Joseph  S.  Vinson 
William  F.  Rj-erson 


Deacons. 

Clarence  T.  Piatt 
Sj'lvanus  D.  Sheppard 
Frederick  W.  Paull 


S.  Prescott  Lazarus 
James  Prentice 
Henry  T.  Freeman 


Schuyler  B.  Jackson 
P.  Sanford  Ross 


tErustees. 

Samuel  Clark 
Oscar  E.  Day 
C.  Edwin  Young 


Frank  H.  Vinson 
Charles  F.  Kilburn 


Hnniversars  Commtttees. 


Chairman  Executive  Committee, 
Chairman  Historical  Committee, 
Chairman  Reception  Committee, 
Chairman  Social  Committee, 
Chairman  Decoration  Committee, 
Chairman  Printing  Committee, 
Chairman  Entertainment  Committee, 
Chairman  Music  Committee, 
Chairman  Finance  Committee, 


Elder  James  S.  Higbie 

-    Elder  F.  Wolcott  Jackson 

Elder  Arthur  R.  Denman 

Elder  Samuel  Clark 

Elder  Charles  M.  Russell 

Elder  H.  Monroe  De  Long 

Deacon  Sylvanus  D.  Sheppard 

Deacon  Dr.  Joseph  S.  Vinson 

Trustee  P.  Sanford  Ross 


Organist  anS  Cboic  l.ea(ec, 
Miss    Elizabeth   H.    Maksh. 

The  Committees  consist  of  all  the  Officers  of   the  Church.    With  them 
is  associated  The  Ladies'  Aid  Society. 


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THIS  VOLUME, 


CONTAINING  A  REPORT  OF  THE  ADDRESSES,  EXERCISES 
AND    PRINCIPAL   FEATURES 
OF  THE 

Semi-Centennial 
Anniversary 

OP 

SOUTH   PARK 
PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH 

OF 

NEWARK,  NEW  JERSEY, 

IS    COMPILED 

by    virtue   of   a   resolution    unanimously    adopted   at    a   meeting   of    the 
Session  held  January  26.  rj04,  to  the  tollowing:  effect  : 

•■Resolved:  That  the  proceedings  of  the  Fiftieth  Anniversary 
Celebration  of  the  organization  of  this  Church,  observed  October 
25,  20,  27  and  20,  1903,  be  printed  and  published  in  b<:ioI<  form  suitable 
for  convenient  distribution,  and  that  Mr,  Arthur  R,  Denman  he 
requested  to  prepare  and  supervise  the  same  with  the  assistance 
of  our  Pastor,  Rev.  Lyman  Whitney  Allen,  D.  D." 

Whose  conjoint  efforts   have   been    most   cheerfully   and  as  they 
hope  acceptably,  rendered  to  its  readers. 


BAKER    PRINTING   CO. 

NEW*RK,N.J. 


INTRODUCTION. 


Nineteen  hundred  and  three  being  the  fiftieth  anniver- 
sary year  of  South  Park  Presbyterian  Church,  it  was 
deemed  by  the  Session  most  fitting  that  the  event  should 
be  appropriately  celebrated,  and  consequently  a  meeting 
of  that  body  was  held  April  9,  1903,  to  take  cognizance 
of  these  facts. 

After  full}'  considering  the  subject  it  was  decided  to 
observe  such  Semi-Centennial  Celebration  as  should  best 
comport  with  the  work  of  the  past  and  its  future  out- 
look, and  by  a  resolution  the  clerk  of  the  Session,  Mr. 
Samuel  Clark,  was  requested  to  convene  a  meeting  of 
all  of  the  officers  of  the  church  as  a  Committee  on  a 
Fiftieth  Anniversary  Observance,  which  was,  on  his 
invitation,  held  on  the  17th  of  April  at  his  residence. 

At  that  meeting  the  time  for  the  celebration  was  set 
for  some  day  in  October  corresponding  to  the  date  of 
celebrating  the  twenty-fifth  anniversary  in  1878,  and  the 
Officers'  Committee  was  constituted  a  General  Commit- 
tee of  Arrangements  and  the  results  of  its  deliberations 
appear  in  the  Official  Programme  used  at  the  anniver- 
sary with  which  this  volume  begins. 

In  the  General  Committee  as  well  as  all  of  the  various 
sub-committees  afterwards  appointed  were  apparent 
great  unanimity  and  enthusiasm,  and  throughout  the 
church  membership  and  services  there  were  an  earnest 
religious  spirit,  a  warm  and  harmonious  fellowship,  a 
deep  sense  of  gratitude  to  God  and  enthusiastic  hopeful- 
ness for  the  future. 


The  following  constitute  the  personnel  of  the  various 
committees : 

Executive  Committee — Messrs.  James  S.  Higbie, 
George  S.  Clapp,  Schuyler  B.  Jackson,  C.  Edwin  Young, 
William  F.  Rj^erson  and  Frederick  W.  Paul. 

Historical  Committee — Messrs.  F.  Wolcott  Jackson,  Arch- 
ibald Parkhurst.  Daniel  Halsey  and  Joseph  C.  Young. 

Reception  Committee — ^Messrs.  Arthur  R.  Denman, 
George  W.  Howell,  Schuyler  B.  Jackson  and  C.  Edwin 
Young. 

Social  Committee — Messrs.  Samuel  Clark,  James  S. 
Higbie  and  Frederick  W.   Paul. 

Decoration  Committee — Messrs.  Charles  M.  Russell, 
Frank  H.  Vinson,  Clarence  T.  Piatt  and  S.  Prescott 
Lazarus. 

Printing  Committee — Messrs.  H.  Monroe  DeLong, 
James  Prentice  and  Henry  T.  Freeman. 

Entertainment  Committee — ?ilessrs.  Sylvanus  D.  Shep- 
pard,  Joseph  S.  Vinson  and  George  S.  Clapp. 

Music  Committee — Messrs.  Joseph  S.  Vinson,  George 
S.  Clapp,  Charles  M.  Russell  and  P.  Sanford  Ross. 

Finance  Committee — Messrs.  P.  Sanford  Ross,  Oscar 
E.  Day  and  Charles  F.  Kilburn. 

A  very  large  number  of  congratulatory  letters  were 
received  from  various  churches,  ministers  and  other 
friends,  among  whom  were  Hon.  Henry  M.  Doremus, 
Mayor  of  the  City  of  Newark,  and  others  in  ofificial  public 
life' 


SUNDAY,  OCTOBER  2^th. 


The  opening  service  of  the  celebration  was  held  Sun- 
day morning,  October  25th.  The  day  was  perfect  and 
a  large  congregation  filled  the  church,  there  being  many 
visitors  from  various  parts  as  well  from  other  churches ;  all 
seeming  to  enter  into  the  anniversary  spirit  with  zeal  and 
fervency. 

The  pastor  preached  a  sermon  appropriate  to  the  occa- 
sion in  reviewing  the  spiritual  life  and  growth  of  the 
church,  referring  especially  to  the  late  Rev.  Dr.  James 
P.  Wilson  and  his  work  here,  stating  the  exalted  principles 
for  which  he  stood  and  lucidly  defining  the  lofty  ideals  for 
which  it  continues  to  stand  with  a  look  ahead  into  a  glorious 
future. 

The  sermon  of  the  daj'  was  as  follows: 

SERMON. 

Text,  Psalm  46:  5. — "God  is  in  the  midst  of  her:    She 
sliall  not  be  nimied." 

To-day  is  a  festal  day,  golden-hued  and  set  to  the  rythmic 
tread  of  fifty  golden  years.  What  a  sacred  procession — 
white-robed  and  jubilant!  A  half-century!  Fifty  years  of 
a  spot  of  earth  on  which  the  Almighty  Architect  has  set  the 
pillars  of  majesty!  Fifty  years  of  an  earthly  tabernacle 
under  the  hovering  cloud  of  (lod  and  filled  with  God's  She- 
chinah  glorv  '  Fifty  years  of  adoration  and  of  sweet  incense- 
burning!  Fifty  years  of  faith  and  of  glad  achieving!  Fifty 
years  of  buoyant  waiting  and  of  triumphant  passing — out  of 
the  shadow  into  the  blue !    .\.  storied  procession  !    A  gloried 


processional !  We  would  be  ingrates  did  we  not  honor  the 
past — and  God  through  the  past.  We  would  be  cravens  did 
we  not  point  our  children  to  the  stones  of  memorial  which 
our  fathers  erected.  They  came  forth  out  of  their  Jordan, 
victors,  because  Cod  was  with  them.  We  are  in  the  prom- 
ised land  for  further  victory,  beyond  the  monuments  they 
builded,  because  God  is  with  us. 

This  25th  day  of  October  is  an  historic  day.  It  is  a  semi- 
centennial anniversary.  It  is  a  composite,  a  combination  of 
forces,  a  union  of  remembrances.  It  is  the  last  date  in  a 
golden  chain  of  dates ;  but  the  first  in  a  new  golden  cable  be- 
twixt our  hearts,  and  the  anchor  of  our  hope  sunk  deep  into 
the  heart  of  the  living  Christ.  It  is  the  fifth  golden  link  in  a 
golden  chain.  The  other  four,  forged  likewise  in  the  fires  of 
noble  consecration,  were  all  preliminary — the  first,  April  19. 
1852,  being  the  first  formal  action  taken  in  the  direction  of 
this  organization ;  the  second,  January  17th,  1853, being  the 
second  formal  action;  the  third,  January  28th,  1853,  being 
the  Church's  organization ;  the  fourth,  March  20th,  1853,  be- 
ing the  formal  constitution  of  this  church  by  Presbytery  ;  and 
the  fifth.  October  25th,  1853,  being  the  installation  of  the 
first  pastor.  All  was  preliminary  until  that  great,  noble  man 
of  God  came.  His  coming  was  the  fire  from  above  upon  the 
sacrifice.  His  coming  was  the  trumpet-voice  of  God's  leader, 
for  the  advance  movement  of  Israel.  Leadership,  how  ma- 
jestic! Responsiveness,  how  complete!  Loyalty,  how  gen- 
erous !  Courage,  how  unflinching !  Achievement,  how  sub- 
lime ! 

This  scene  to-day  is  a  fulfillment  of  prophecy.  A 
quarter  of  a  century  ago  one  honored  and  beloved,  the 
leader  of  God's  host  here,  with  burning  eloquence — 
Elijah-like — gave  vent  to  this  prophetic  utterance: 
"Time  is  short,  and  when  another  season  like  this  past 
twenty-five  years  of  history  comes  around,  may  those 
who  then  survive,  set  up  another  Ebenezer  to  a  long- 
suffering,  most  kind  and  most  merciful  God.  I  look  for- 
ward from  this  point  where  we  all  now  stand.    I  roll  back 


the  curtain  of  a  few  fleeting  years  and  I  see  another  con- 
gregation gathered  in  this  place,  all  unknown  to  us.  I 
hear  another  voice  speaking  from  this  sacred  desk,  plead- 
ing with  dying  men.  I  see  these  pews  filled  with  devout 
and  pious  worshippers,  and  God  will  meet  them  here  and 
bless  them."  Beloved  brother  in  heaven,  thy  prophecy 
is  fulfilled !  Here,  to-day,  we  raise  our  Ebenezer,  another 
twenty-five  years  of  history  having  rolled  around  to  a 
season  of  jubilee.  Yes,  the  prophecy  is  fulfilled.  God 
meets  us  here  to-day  to  bless.  But  are  we  unknown  to 
thee  and  to  them?  Nay.  Are  we  not  under  the  shadow 
and  the  cheer  of  the  clouds  of  witnesses  ?  O  sainted  preach- 
er !  O  rewarded  fellow  servants !  O  beloved  Redeemer ! 
We  are  under  the  shadows  of  the  forms  glorified,  the  eyes 
luminous,  the  hands  that  wave  us  blessings.  God  is  in  the 
midst  of  you.  God  is  in  the  midst  of  us.  We  shall  not  be 
moved  except  to  join  you  on  the  heights. 

Fifty  years  of  sacred  history  !  They  divide  like  the  two 
Horns  of  Hattin  into  a  double  mountain  of  beatitudes. 
God  is  in  the  midst  of  them.  And  the  message  to  us 
gathered  before  Him  who  hath  not  dealt  with  us  after  our 
sins  nor  rewarded  us  according  to  our  iniquities,  is  the 
message  of  the  living  Christ.  A  quarter  of  a  century  ago 
our  fathers  honored  and  exalted  in  this  place  the  Christ. 
To-day,  we  also  will  exalt  and  glorify  our  atoning  Re- 
deemer whose  church  this  is,  whose  bond-slaves  we  are, 
washed  from  our  sins  in  His  cleansing  blood,  saved  by 
grace,  and  grace  alone. 

That  quarto-centennial !  What  fragrance  it  sheds  upon 
this  semi-centennial  celebration  !  Those  silver  bells  of  yore' 
How  their  music  echoes  commingling  with  our  golden 
chimes  to-day!  That  was  a  bright  and  beautiful  Sabbath! 
The  skies  wore  their  amethystine  hues.  Enthusiasm  rose 
from  the  audience  assembled  here  like  a  cloud  of  frankin- 
cense. Above  this  pulpit  shimmered,  light  through  bloom,  a 
signal  motto  for  the  years  to  be,  "Rejoicing  in  Hope."  Be- 
hind this  pulpit  stood  God's  "angel  with  the  everlasting  gos- 


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pel."  The  message  was  in  accordance  with  the  divinest 
dreams  and  the  suWimest  expectations  of  the  worshipping 
throng.  We  read  it  to-day.  We  hear  the  rhythmic  note  of 
thanksgiving.  We  feel  the  under-surge  of  faith.  We  are 
environed  b}'  the  temple-walls  of  the  Spirit.  We  are  en- 
compassed by  white  battalions.  And  across  the  golden 
chimes  we  hear  the  antiphons  of  rejoicing  betwixt  the 
battling  hosts  of  the  church  militant,  and  the  victor  hosts 
of  the  church  triumphant. 

"In  the  beginning,  God."  So  we  write  the  first  sentence  of 
this  church's  Book  of  Genesis.  God  the  fountain-head  of 
all  these  myriad  streams.  God  in  the  midst  of  her ;  the  secret 
of  all  the  rest  and  glory  of  her  history.  In  enthusiam  for 
God.  in  passion  for  souls,  in  zeal  for  generous  service,  in 
abandon  of  resources  for  the  Master's  joy,  in  these  deep 
wells  of  inspired  faith  and  potence,  began  this  church  be- 
loved. The  growth  of  a  great  institution  for  a  great  com- 
munity, out  of  tender  service  for  the  soul  of  a  child  !  On  the 
wheel  of  youth  the  invisible  Potter  shaped  this  alabaster 
-  vase  for  his  love's  expensive  ointment.  On  the  whirring 
loom  of  a  Sunday-school,  the  unseen  Weaver  fashioned  the 
fabric  of  love's  seamless  robe. 

Human  need !  Divine  bounty !  These  are  the  comple- 
ments of  history.  In  the  beginning  God:  In  the  beginning 
necessity.  And  God  proclaimed  the  necessity.  God  is  an 
impressionist.  The  consecrated  heart  is  his  sensitive  canvas. 
The  proclaimer  of  necessity  claimed  the  consecrated  heart. 
In  the  midst  of  50,000  people,  eight  Presbyterian  churches, 
endeavoring  to  cope  with  rapidly  increasing  population,  and 
rapidly  complicating  problems !  In  divine  history  aggres- 
siveness always  accompanies  necessity — two  doughty  and 
vehement  warriors  on  the  field  of  life !  Our  beloved  sister, 
the  Third  Church,  bound  to  us  by  so  many  cords  of  mutual 
faith  and  fellowship  in  pulpit  and  pews.thesouthern^nostout- 
post  of  Presbyterianism  !  But  what  widening  limits  !  What 
enlarging  horizons !  Most  appropriately  did  Dr.  Fewsmith 
at  the  organization  of  this  church  in  1853,  read  from  Holy 


Scriptures  this  symbolic  sentence,  "Abraham  journeyed,  go- 
ing on  toward  the  South."  The  fatliers  of  this  church  were 
the  Abrahams  of  those  days ;  men  of  faith ;  friends  of  God. 
They  answered  God's  call.  They  went  forward  unwaver- 
ingly. They  were  later  Pizarros,  who,  like  the  immortal  dis- 
coverer, suddenly  stepped  forth  into  the  midst  of  God's  em- 
battled host,  traced  with  their  gleaming  swords  of  faith  a 
line  from  east  to  west  and  turning  to  their  companions  cried ; 
"Friends  and  Comrades!  On  this  side  are  ease  and  quiet; 
on  that  side  are  toil  and  struggle.  But  yonder  lie  new  fields 
of  the  kingdom,  with  their  unexplored  borders :  and  we  go 
to  the  South."  That  was  in  1833.  It  was  the  fulfillment  of 
prophecy,  the  first  of  whose  fiery  uncials  were  writ  in  the 
far-awa}-  year  of  1809.  What  wise  fore-bears  we  had — they 
of  the  historic  First  Church,  the  kind  and  generous  mother 
of  us  all,  ever  beloved,  ever  honored !  In  their  wisdom  they 
began  the  construction  of  the  Third  Church  upon  the  site 
that  is  now  the  northern  corner  of  Lincoln  Park.  Here  on 
this  central  and  popular  spot  in  1809  were  laid  and  carried  to 
a  respectable  height  the  foundations  of  the  Third  Church,  as 
the  expression  of  the  original  conception  and  purpose  of  our 
First  Church  fathers.  Why  the  structure  was  not  completed 
we  know  not.  But  for  fifteen  years  those  foundation  stones 
were  here  at  the  intersection  of  Broad  street  and  Clinton 
avenue,  prophecies  of  what  was  afterward  to  be.  At  length 
they  were  removed  to  become  integral  parts  of  the  present 
Third  Church  structure.  In  1853,  however,  the  primal 
dream  of  our  fathers  was  realized,  when  upon  virtually  the 
same  site  arose  this  South  Park  structure,  a  church  u])on  the 
spot  where  the  Third  Church  was  originally  intended  to 
exist.     What  might  have  been  ! 

To  touch  the  sacred  spring  of  memory !  To  awaken 
the  slumbering  forces  of  the  soul's  innermost  chambers! 
What  mighty  trees  from  God's  mountain  slopes  have  fed 
the  fires  of  this  church's  history!  What  entrances  of  de- 
votion !  What  issuances  of  power !  Fifty  years  of 
Praver !        Our     fathers      were      Puritans.        Puritanism ! 


lO 

Prayer!  Macauley  said  glowingly  of  the  Puritan:  "He 
prostrated  himself  in  the  dust  before  his  Maker."  All  divine 
things  on  earth  begin  with  prayer,  are  saturated  with  prayer. 
All  great  lives  are  punctuated  with  prayer.  In  prayer  the 
soul  climbs  God's  heights  and  sees  the  patterns  in  the  mount 
for  earthly  temples.  Those  fathers  climbed  and  had  the 
vision ;  therefore,  into  this  tabernacle  fell  the  fire  from 
heaven.  Fifty  years  a  praying  church.  Fifty  years  of 
strength,  progress,  victory— because  of  prayer.  Fifty  years 
of  Life !  Prayer  achieves  life.  It  is  the  soul's  compulsion 
with  the  great  Life-Bestower.  Into  this  church  earnest,  vig- 
orous, consecrated  life  had  abundant  entering  from  Him, 
who  came  that  men  might  have  life,  and  life  abundant.  Souls 
of  our  founders !  Souls  penetrated  and  permeated  by  the 
dynamic  energy  of  the  Holy  Spirit !  Fifty  years  a  living 
church,  because  built  up  a  spiritual  house  of  living  stones 
upon  the  one  living  Stone  of  God,  elect,  precious,  Jesus 
Christ !  Life  the  achievement  of  Prayer !  Work  the  expres- 
sion of  life.  A  praying  church,  a  living  church,  a  working 
church.  Such  is  our  history  in  epigram.  Fifty  years  of  mu- 
nificent beneficence !  Walk  about  Zion !  Here  she  stands  a 
monument. of  consecrated  wealth.  For  half  a  century  into 
every  channel  of  this  church's  life  and  influence  have  poured 
streams  of  gold.  Gold,  come  by  inheritance?  No.  Gold, 
come  by  endowment?  No.  But  gold,  come  by  generous  and 
heartsome  offerings  upon  God's  altar.  With  the  sound  of  a 
trumpet?  Nay!  Never  has  our  church  thus  bestowed  her 
gifts ;  but  with  quietness  and  humbleness  have  these  children 
of  the  King  offered  in  the  King's  temple  as  the  King's  needs 
required.  We  glorify  the  Giver  of  every  good  and  perfect 
gift  by  proclaiming  this  His  church  to  have  been  ever  a  giv- 
ing church.  We  honor  God  to-day  by  proclaiming  that  never 
in  fifty  years  has  an  appeal  been  made  to  the  intelligence 
and  heart  of  this  congregation,  without  a  loyal  and  generous 
response.  A  praying  church,  a  living  church,  a  working 
church,  a  giving  church.  Such  is  our  history  in  epigram. 
But  all  forces  move  toward  power.    Prayer,  life,  vv^ork, 


giving!  What  the  result?  Power.  Through  these  open 
channels  always  flows  the  power  of  the  Holy  Ghost.  God 
is  able  to  do  exceeding  abundantly  above  all  we  can  ask 
or  think  according  to  the  power  that  worketh  in  us. 
Have  we  grasped  the  secret  of  the  Almighty's  working? 
Through  responsiveness,  power ;  through  power,  divine 
achievement.  Such  is  this  church's  history — history 
under  the  palladium  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 

The  first  time  the  present  pastor  of  this  church  stood  in 
this  pulpit  he  felt,  in  waves  of  power,  the  presence  of  the 
Holy  .Spirit.  Here  was  a  sorrowing  multitude ;  here  was 
God's  bannered  host,  in  the  front  of  which  the  great 
leader  had  fallen.  But  God's  great  Comforter  was  here. 
The  waves  of  divine  power  surged  back  and  forth  from 
heart  to  heart.  Transfigured  faces  and  illumined  eyes 
proclaimed  the  manifest  presence  of  God.  That  beautify- 
ing presence  has  never  lifted  from  this  church.  Too 
many  prayers  on  earth  are  rising  from  the  midst  of  this 
people  for  the  Holy  Spirit  to  depart.  Too  many  of  the 
invisible  members  of  this  church  are  in  Heaven  before  the 
throne  for  this  church  to  be  bereft  of  the  presence  and 
might  of  the  Spirit  of  God.  Oh,  what  precious  forces  have 
entered  into  the  constituent  integral  life  of  this  church 
through  half  a  century !  What  love,  sympathy,  fellow- 
ship !  What  obedience  to  the  King !  What  faithfulness  to 
His  covenants!  What  sacred  vows!  What  holy  prom- 
ises! What  remembering  of  ordinances!  What  celebra- 
tions of  sacraments !  What  sown  wheat  of  God !  What 
living  stones  set  in  place  for  God's  habitation !  What 
battling  and  victories !  What  hearkenings  and  rushings 
of  mighty  winds !  What  strainings  of  eyes,  and  visions  of 
glory,  tongues  of  mystic  flame !  What  sorrows  have  been 
brought  into  this  church  to  make  it  holy !  What  fugues 
of  lamentations,  what  diapasons  of  rejoicing  have  beaten 
back  and  forth  betwixt  these  sacred  walls !  What  tears 
have  been  shed  here,  watering  many  precious  seed ! 
O  sacred,  beloved  church !    \Vhat  has  not  entered  into 


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thee  of  all  that  is  pure  and  sacred  on  earth !  What  little 
children  have  been  brought  here  for  baptism,  lifting  up 
multitudes  of  hearts  on  the  wings  of  innocence !  What 
golden  bands  have  been  forged  before  this  altar  in  the 
fires  of  holy  love,  and  happy  faces  turned  toward  rejoicing 
throngs  amid  the  rhythms  of  wedding  marches !  What 
beloved  forms  have  been  brought  down  this  aisle  and 
laid  before  this  altar  for  the  last  tender  words,  for  the 
final  unction  of  love  and  for  the  rifted  heavens  to  pour 
out  the  sweet  tides  of  infinite  peace !  Oh  church  beloved ! 
Thou  art  a  holy  place,  dear  to  us :  thou  art  the  house  of 
God ;  thou  art  the  gate  of  heaven ;  thou  art  our  Bethel ! 
We  have  seen  the  heavenly  ladder ;  we  have  heard  the 
rustling  robes  of  angels ;  we  have  beheld  the  living  God. 
The  constituency  of  this  church  has  most  sacred  and 
illustrious  representation  in  one  august  form,  one  sub- 
lime life  My  first  sight  of  this  church  was  a  vision  of  a 
house  of  mourning.  It  was  a  church  draped  in  black ; 
columns  wrapped  in  black ;  galleries  festooned  with 
black ;  behind  the  pulpit  masses  of  plaited  black ;  before 
the  pulpit  a  casket  of  black.  An  atmosphere  of  sorrow! 
An  oppressiveness  of  grief !  And  yet.  in  that  hour  were 
felt  the  unseen  presences  of  the  victor  hosts.  Behind  that 
black  drapery  rustled  the  white  robes  of  encompassing 
angels.  Upon  the  black  casket  lay  "the  white  flower  of 
a  blameless  life."  His  life — sweet,  pure,  beautiful !  The 
shepherd  had  fallen  in  the  midst  of  his  flock,  but  it  was 
in  green  pastures  and  beside  still  waters.  Everywhere 
were  notes  of  victory,  waifs  of  the  higher  paeans,  echoes 
of  the  abundant  choral  welcome  beyond  the  gates.  Not 
death,  but  life — life  triumphant,  life  superlative.  This 
was  the  strain  of  psalm,  anthem,  prayer,  sermon  on  that 
historic  Saturday,  the  day  of  his  funeral.  There  was  a 
procession  from  the  church.  I  beheld  it,  and  stood,  bow- 
ing in  reverence.  A  few  months  passed.  Again  this 
house  was  thronged.  A  white  mural  tablet  to  the 
first  pastor's  memory  was  unveiled.     It  bore  the  epitome 


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of  his  great  and  useful  service  of  six  and  thirty  years — 
"I  have  not  shunned  to  declare  unto  you  all  the  counsel 
of  God."  In  a  presentation  address  of  singular  beauty 
and  appropriatness  the  late  Noah  Brooks,  whose  richly- 
stored  mind  and  facile  pen  found  multitudes  of  admirers, 
gave  utterance  to  these  memorable  words:  "After  all, 
this  church  with  its  fructifying  and  vitalizing  influences 
in  the  community,  with  its  home  in  this  edifice  built  dur- 
ing his  pastorate,  is  Dr.  Wilson's  best  monument.  That 
intangible  organization  which  we  call  the  South  Park 
Church  shall  endure  long  after  brass  and  marble  shall 
have  crumbled."  I  am  not  attempting  to  pay  a  tribute 
to  this  great  and  good  man.  It  is  not  necessary.  I  am 
only  touching  into  music  the  chords  of  many  heart- 
chambers  of  memory,  life-chords  which  he  stretched  in 
the  deep  sacred  moments  of  life  and  which  can  never  be 
broken.  Yes — no  pastor  was  ever  more  beloved  ;  no  one 
was  ever  more  worthy  of  the  loving.  It  was  this  mutual 
love  all  through  those  six  and  thirty  years  that  shaped 
the  inner  life  of  this  church.  What  evidences  memory 
brings  up  to-day  out  of  the  past.  One  that  loved  him 
deeply,  year  after  year,  placed  each  Sabbath,  upon  this 
desk,  beside  his  Bible,  a  bouquet  of  fragrant  flowers. 
And  after  he  passed  away,  for  seven  consecutive  years 
the  same  devoted  friend  every  Sabbath  morning  placed 
in  his  widow's  home,  in  front  of  his  picture,  a  similar 
offering,  until  his  life-companion  joined  him  in  Heaven. 
This  is  how  his  people  loved  him.  Such  love  cemented 
souls,  enriched  and  made  sacred  his  influence,  his  abound- 
ing comfort. 

On  that  Saturday  of  his  funeral  I  gazed  upon  this  house 
of  sorrow  and  the  ebon  symbols  of  grief.  Behind  that  cas- 
ket sat  a  semi-circle  of  ten  men,  officers  of  this  church,  be- 
loved of  pastor  and  people.  They  were  strangers  to  me 
then.  They  were  ere  long  friends  and  co-workers.  To-day 
of  that  beloved  and  honored  semi-circle,  his  pall-bearers,  one- 


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half  or  five  have  followed  him  and  stand  with  him  in  the 
glory  of  the  triumph,  amid  the  ranks  of  the  clouds  of  witness- 
es. I  give  their  names — names  inscribed  upon  the  walls  of 
this  temple,  names  never  to  die  out  of  this  people's  memories : 
Ira  M.  Harrison,  John  Y.  Foster,  John  C.  Downing,  Reu- 
ben M.  Sutphen,  Andrew  LeMassena,  Jr.  Beside  the 
form  of  each  of  these  it  has  been  my  sad  privilege  to 
stand  and  speak  the  last  word  and  utter  the  last  prayer 
and  lay  away  the  remains  of  a  dear  friend.  Many  others 
there  are  beloved,  triumphant,  outside  of  that  little  semi- 
circle of  pall-bearers.  We  call  them  our  blessed  dead. 
They  are  rather,  our  blessed  living.  Only  they,  of  our 
church,  know  what  the  rich,  full  life  is.  They  were  ours 
here.  They  are  ours  there  and  forever.  The  church  of 
the  living  Christ  is  one.  There  is  no  dividing  line  be- 
tween the  church  on  earth  and  the  church  in  Heaven. 
Their  love  has  deepened  with  the  clearer  knowledge. 
Their  co-operation  has  greatened  with  the  fuller  vision. 
They  finished  their  hither  work  as  a  part  of  the  church 
visible ;  but  they  continue  their  thither  work  as  a  part 
of  the  church  invisible.  They  are  hidden  from  us,  but  not 
separated.  They  form  the  forward  ranks  in  our  jubilee 
procession.  The  inner  ear  may  hear  the  holy  cadence  of 
their  triumphant  tread.  The  inner  eye  may  catch  the 
outlines  of  their  trailing  garments.  They  rejoice  with  us 
to-day  in  the  mercy  and  goodness  of  God  which  we  cele- 
brate. They  honor  with  us  the  Christ  who  has  led  them 
and  us  together  about  in  triumph.  The  sainted  multi- 
tudes on  their  lofty  seats  who  can  number?  But  we  know 
that  amid  that  vast  circling  sea  of  luminous  faces  turned 
toward  earth  four  hundred  blessed  shining  ones  are  those 
of  our  beloved — four  hundred  aureoled  forms  leaning  ten- 
derly across  the  gold  bars  of  Heaven  are  our  own,  wait- 
ing, with  ever-deepening  love  and  ever-widening  solici- 
tation, for  our  ascensions. 

The  church  of  Christ  is  an  institution.    She  has  a  mission 
in  the  world,  holy,  divine.     She  is  the  embodiment  of  great 


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forces.  She  is  the  representative  of  great  principles.  She 
stands  for  God-inspired  truths,  Heaven-shaped  ideals.  For 
fifty  years  this  church  has  stood  here  in  the  midst  of  men,  a 
living  voice,  a  far-reaching  influence.  What  has  she  stood 
for? 

For  fifty  years  this  church  has  stood  for  Puritanism.  Who 
founded  this  city?  Puritans.  Theirs  was  the  last  effort  in 
this  western  world  "to  realize  the  Puritan  ideal."  Behold 
our  early  fathers,  their  hearts  burning  with  a  desire  for  a 
Biblical  commonwealth  !  Behold  our  early  city,  its  history 
church  history !  Behold  its  beginnings,  its  foundations,  un- 
der the  shadows  of  a  Christian  Church  and  according  to  the 
norm  of  an  inspired  Bible!  All  Puritan  foundations  have 
been  strong  foundations.  These  of  our  fathers  were  laid 
deep  and  strong.  What  is  best  in  our  country  to-day  is  be- 
cause of  the  Puritanism  of  our  fathers.  In  our  civil,  social 
and  religious  life  we  are  constantly  touching  these  deep-laid 
foundations  and  are  realizing  that  they  cannot  be  moved. 
This  church  was  organized  early  enough  to  be  constructed 
immediately  upon  these  foundations  of  Puritanism.  And 
while  for  half  a  century  she  has  stood  for  tolerance  and  liber- 
ality in  thought  and  opinion,  she  has  always  represented  the 
best  and  truest  of  the  past.  She  has  been  a  Puritan  Church, 
without  being  puritanical.  She  has  stood  for  great  ideals, 
but  with  a  vast  sympathy  for  human  weakness  in  the  striv- 
ing. 

For  fifty  years  this  church  has  stood  for  Calvinism.  Who 
is  the  Calvinist?  He  is  the  one  "who  altogether  lives  and 
moves   and  has   all   his  being  in  the   immanent   Jehovah." 

"Speak  to  Him  thou  for  He  hears,  and  spirit  with  spirit  can 

meet — 
Closer  is  He  than  breathing,  and  nearer  than  hands  and  feet." 

God  is  in  the  midst  of  her ;  she  shall  not  be  moved.  That  is 
Calvinism !  This  church  has  stood  for  a  moderate  Calvin- 
ism, even  as  she  has  stood  for  a  moderate  Puritanism.  Wc 
believe  in  the  five  points  of  Calvinism.    We  believe  in  elec- 


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tion — that  whom  God  foreknew  them  He  did  predestinate  to 
be  conformed  to  the  image  of  his  Son.  We  beHeve  in  definite 
redemption — that  God  designs  complete  redemption  for  every 
believer  through  the  atonement  of  Jesus  Christ.  We  believe 
in  total  inability — that  fallen  man  is  of  himself  incapable  of 
true  faith  and  repentance.  We  believe  in  efficacious  grace — 
that  God's  grace  is  efficacious  for  the  salvation  of  believers. 
We  believe  in  final  persever  ance — that  a  soul  once  regen- 
erated, once  converted  is  never  ultimately  lost.  This  is  our 
belief  as  a  church.  We  have  tenaciously  held  to  it  for  50 
years.  God  helping  us,  we  shall  be  true  to  it  ever.  This 
church  for  50  years  has  stood  for  these  truths,  and  stands 
for  them  unflinchingly  in  this  great  golden  year  of  rejoicing. 
The  Fatherhood  of  God ;  the  Divinity  of  Jesus  Christ ;  the 
personality  and  work  of  the  Holy  Spirit ;  salvation  only 
through  the  finished  work  of  an  atoning  Saviour,  man's  vi- 
carious substitute ;  the  Holy  Scriptures  as  the  absolutely  in- 
spired Word  of  God  from  beginning  to  end,  and  as  the  infal- 
lible rule  of  faith  and  practice.  Here  she  stands  to-day.  God 
help  her.  Amen.  In  London  is  the  house  which  Oliver 
Cromwell  built  for  his  son-in-law,  Ireton.  that  courageous 
soldier  who  led  the  Ironsides  in  the  battle  of  Naseby.  The 
grand  stairway  of  the  house  is  of  conspicuous  suggestiveness. 
Every  baluster  is  the  carved  figure  of  an  Ironside  soldier. 
And  as  you  pass  up  the  stairs  to  the  floor  above  you  feel  as 
if  you  were  passing  between  living  lines  of  England's  Puri- 
tan warriors — heroes  who  overthrew  monarchy  and  estab- 
lished the  commonwealth.  I  feel  somehow  as  if  we  march 
to-day,  Puritans  and  Calvinists,  upward  betwixt  lines  of  our 
church's  Ironside  heroes,  upward  to-day  to  loftier  heights  of 
being  in  touch  with  five  hundred  of  historic  victors  up  the 
stairways  of  God. 

This  church  for  fifty  years  has  stood  for  Evangelism. 
She  has  from  the  very  beginning  been  an  evangelistic 
church.  Her  evangelism  has  ever  been  the  response  to 
her  Lord's  command,  "Go  into  all  the  world,  and  preach 
my  gospel  to  every  creature,    and    lo,    I    am    with    you 


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always,  even  unto  the  end."  The  church's  evangelism 
means  God  is  in  the  midst  of  her.  Her  evangelism  has 
ever  been  the  tenderer  side  of  her  Puritanism  and  of  her 
Calvinism.  Evangelism  is  to-day  the  watchword  of  the 
forward  movement  of  Presbyterianism.  Such  was  the 
emphatic  declaration  of  our  last  General  Assembly.  For 
half  a  century  this  church  has  stood  for  an  aggressive 
evangelism.  For  half  a  century  Christ  has  been  preached 
from  this  pulpit  as  the  loving  Saviour  dying  in  the  sin- 
ner's stead,  rising  for  his  justification  and  sitting  at 
God's  right  hand  making  intercession.  For  fifty  years 
from  this  pulpit  and  through  the  various  agencies  of  this 
organization,  souls  have  been  urged  and  pleaded  with  to 
accept  Christ.  For  fifty  years  this  church,  through  her 
Sunday  Schools,  through  her  missionary  societies, 
through  the  boards  of  the  church,  through  multitudinous 
individual  and  institutional  agencies  has  endeavored  to 
extend  the  Gospel  of  Christ,  both  throughout  this  coun- 
try and  the  world  She  has  sent  two  of  her  young  men 
into  ihe  ministry  For  many  years  she  has  supported  a 
missionary  in  foreign  lands  She  has  ever  had  her  mis- 
sionaries in  the  field  of  our  own  country.  She  has  ever 
given  of  her  forces  to  institutions — her  two  pastors  to 
Mission  Boards.  She  has  in  every  year  of  her  history 
assisted  in  the  education  of  young  men  for  the  ministry, 
the  erection  of  churches  in  missionary  fields,  the  promul- 
gation of  the  Gospel  among  the  colored  population  of  our 
country,  the  relief  of  the  aged  aiul  infirm  ministers  of 
the  church,  the  circulation  of  the  Scriptures  at  the  hands 
of  the  .\merican  Bible  Society,  the  planting  and  main- 
tenance of  Sunday  Schools  all  over  our  country.  Her  ag- 
gressive evangelistic  spirit  has  expressed  itself  in  these 
fifty  years  in  the  giving  of  nearly  $200,000  to  missions. 
The  growth  of  the  aggressive  evangelism  of  this  church 
is  evidenced  in  the  fact  that  in  the  second  twenty-five 
years  of  her  history  her  contributions  for  Home  Missions 
and   for    Foreign    .Missions   have   been    twice   what    they 


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were  during  the  first  twenty-five  years,  while  her  general 
benevolence  and  the  amount  contributed  for  church  sup- 
port, have  largely  increased.  Her  evangelistic  spirit  has 
manifested  itself  during  fifty  years,  in  the  contribution 
of  $700,000  in  round  numbers  for  the  spread  of  the  Gospel 
of  Christ. 

That  this  church  has  been  an  evangelistic  church  is 
evidenced  in  the  increase  in  membership.  At  the  organ- 
ization of  this  church  there  were  62  charter  members. 
To  this  original  number  have  been  added  in  fifty  years 
on  profession  of  faith  887,  by  certificate  from  other 
churches  857.  It  is  worthy  of  notice  that  during  the  first 
twenty-five  years  those  added  by  letter  were  634,  while 
during  the  second  twenty-five  years  those  added  by  letter 
were  223.  There  has  been  therefore  a  decrease  during 
the  second  twenty-five  years  in  the  number  coming  frpm 
other  churches.  But  it  is  also  worthy  of  notice  that  dur- 
ing the  first  twenty-five  years  the  number  added  on  pro- 
fession of  faith  was  372,  while  during  the  second  twenty- 
five  years  those  added  on  profession  of  faith  were  515. 
There  has  been  therefore  an  increase  during  the  second 
twenty-five  years  in  the  number  of  those  uniting  on  pro- 
fession of  faith.  This  is  a  fact  of  importance.  It  indi- 
cates a  growing  evangelism,  an  increasing  evangelistic 
spirit.  There  has  been  an  average  addition  to  the  mem- 
bership each  year  of  thirty-five.  There  have  been  en- 
grossed during  fifty  years  upon  the  book  of  church  mem- 
bership the  names  of  1,806  persons.  Of  these,  some  400 
of  whom  we  have  definite  information  have  died',  some  700 
have  removed  to  other  places.  We  have  a  present  member- 
ship of  over  700  persons  who  are  living  in  touch  with  this 
church. 

South  Park  evangelism !  Its  supreme  issuance  in  its  own 
chapel  field !  Has  this  church  ever  forgotten  that  she  is  a 
city  church  with  a  duty  to  the  city  as  such  ?  Yonder  chapel  is 
the  answer.  Has  she  been  unmindful  of  the  perils  of  immi- 
gration, the  perils  of  the  saloon,  the  perils  of  pauperism,  the 


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perils  of  anarchism?  Yonder  chape!  is  the  response.  Has 
she  been  unmindful  of  the  fact  that  the  only  permanent  cor- 
rective of  evil  lies  in  the  gospel  of  Jesus  Christ  and  in  the 
church  as  the  faithful  promulgator  of  Christ's  religion  ?  The 
gospel  preached  in  yonder  chapel  tells  the  story.  And  what 
has  resulted  ?  It  is  a  golden  anthem  of  this  golden  year. 
Habits  changed,  ideals  exalted,  homes  recreated,  social 
life  purified,  righteousness  uplifted,  hope  enlarged,  all 
things  adorned  and  rendered  sacred.  A  golden  privilege  for 
this  church  to  have  had  fifty  golden  years  of  mission  work ! 
Behold  its  blessings!  The  waters  of  our  church's  life  kept 
stirred  and  fresh  ;  the  evangelism  in  the  hearts  of  a  devout 
people  given  magnificent  vent;  spiritual  life,  gospel  enthu- 
siasm, constant  and  immeasurable.  How  sacred  is  the  his- 
tory of  that  Mulberry  Street  Chapel,  the  cradle  of  this  great 
church.  Within  it  the  sainted  Dr.  Wilson  preached  his  first 
sermon  as  the  pastor.  From  out  it  issued  the  prayers  and  the 
gifts  that  bore  up  this  institution  into  existence  and  potence. 
Within  it  what  a  band  of  noble,  self-sacrificing  workers  gath- 
ered from  \'ear  to  year !  They,  for  Christ's  sake,  counted  loss 
gain.  Through  all  weathers,  amid  all  circumstances,  unwav- 
ering, unfaltering,  bound  together  by  the  golden  bonds  of  a 
divine  fellowship  with  each  other  and  a  passion  for  souls,  that 
company  of  chapel  officers  and  teachers  pushed  forward  that 
blessed  work  from  year  to  year.  One  of  the  great  joys  of 
eternity  will  be  the  recounting  to  one  another  of  their  labors 
and  triumphs.  Many  will  arise  in  that  great  day  of  rejoicing 
and  coronation  and  call  them  blessed. 

Five  decades !  And  instead  of  the  little  frame  chap- 
el, behold  vonder  large  connnodious  l)rick  structure  east 
of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad,  erected  by  this  people  at 
a  cost  of  $15,000,  without  debt,  and  serving  for  a  com- 
pletelv  and  beautifully  equipped  institutional  work.  For 
five  decades  this  church,  out  of  the  oil  of  earnest  consecra- 
tion and  tireless  energy  has  fed  constantly  that  missionary 
beacon-dame  which  is  now  a  great  incandescent  light  of 
spiritual  power  illuminating  that  entire  district.     That  bea- 


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con  is  to  shine  on,  and  on,  and  behind  it  are  to  be  the  praver, 
the  love,  the  wealth  and  the  energ'y  of  this  church  of  God. 

In  1853  this  church  stood  on  the  outer  rim  of  a  circle 
of  50,000  people.  To-day  she  stands  well-nigh  in  the 
center  of  a  circle  of  300,000  people.  Far  beyond  her  have 
arisen  other  churches.  But  she  stands  in  a  strong  vital 
center  of  our  city's  life,  her  mission  more  extensive  and 
more  important  than  ever  before  Within  herself,  by  the 
grace  of  God,  she  has  all  the  elements  and  forces  for  the 
making  of  spiritual  history.  In  membership  she  stands 
third  among  the  Presbyterian  churches  of  Newark.  In 
intellectual  culture,  in  spiritual  life,  and  in  wealth  of  her 
constituency  she  is  unsurpassed  in  our  city.  The  loyalty  of 
her  people,  and  their  generous  responsiveness  have  never 
failed.  It  is  ni}'  high  privilege  to  bear  testimony,  on  this 
memorable  occasion,  to  the  absolute  and  unvarying 
sympathy,  co-operation  and  fidelity  which  this  church, 
her  official  boards  and  congregation  have  for  fifty  years, 
in  most  affectionate  manner,  given  to  their  two  ministers 
— two  in  half  a  century. 

Throughout  these  past  fifty  years  God  has  signally 
guided  this  church  in  the  selection  of  its  officers.  The 
Eldership  has  ever  been  a  deep  spiritual  factor.  Elected  for 
life,  as  they  have  gone  year  after  year  before  this  people, 
our  elders  have  been  more  and  more  beloved  and  honored 
both  for  character  and  service.  To-day,  as  this  church 
rounds  out  a  half-century  of  history,  her  Session  stands 
forth  as  a  band  of  noble,  self-sacrificing  and  beloved 
under-shepherds  of  the  living  Christ.  May  this  church  in 
the  coming  fifty  years  be  as  wisely  and  as  spiritually  rep- 
resented in  her  eldership  as  she  has  in  the  past  half 
century.* 

Throughout  these  fifty  years  God  has  signally  guided 
this  church  in  her  temporal  afifairs.  By  means  of  her 
Board  of  Trustees  she  has  been  steered  through  many  a 
threatening    financial    sea    and    has    steadily    weathered 

*  Since  writing  the  above  our  Church  has  suiTered  the  loss  by  death  of  three  of  its 
Elders,  viz.:  Messrs  Georg"e  W.  Howell.  F.WoIcott  Jackson  and  Charles  M.  Rus-sell, 
See  "In  Memoriam,"  adopted  at  the  Annual  Meeting,  at  end  of  this  report. 


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every  gale,  sailing  to-day  into  port  in  triumph.  The 
Trustees  of  this  church  have  been  from  the  beginning 
wise,  strong  men,  chosen  and  kept  in  this  important  board 
because  of  ability,  experience  and  economic  wisdom. 
During  this  present  year,  in  order  to  meet  the  growing 
needs  and  expanding  opportunities  of  our  church,  a 
r>i)ard  of  Deacons  was  elected  which  has  manifested  most 
remarkable  aptitude. 

This  past  century  has  been  called  "Woman's  Century."  It 
has  recorded  most  marvelousl}'  woman's  enfreedomment. 
Nowhere  more  than  in  the  church  has  woman  found  a  more 
free,  ideal  iield  for  service.  This  has  been  remarkably  so  in 
this  church.  What  have  the  women  of  our  church  not  done? 
What  cheer  and  encouragement  have  they  not  given !  What 
missionary  efiforts  they  have  wrought !  What  financial  aid 
they  have  rendered  !  Golden  chrysanthemums !  The  golden 
chrysanthemum  is  the  symbol  of  slighted  love.  With  5,000 
of  these  emblems,  our  women  have  decorated  this  church. 
We  have  taken  the  love  of  Christ,  slighted  by  the  world,  and 
we  have  surrounded  ourselves  with  it,  and  through  these 
flowers  all  about  us  we  declare  to-day:  "O  Love  of  Christ! 
Thou  hast  been  slighted  by  the  world.  Thou  wert  scorned 
on  the  cross,  where  Thou  wert  poured  out  as  a  sacrifice.  O 
sacrificial  Love !  Through  fifty  years  there  has  stood  here  a 
company  of  God's  children  that  have  exalted  that  love,  be- 
lieved in  it,  trusted  it.  anchored  to  it,  and  to-day  they  honor 
it  before  the  world.  ' 

To-day,  as  ever,  this  church  is  one.  There  has  never  been 
a  cloud  upon  her  sky.  Love  has  pervaded  her  life.  Loyalty 
has  marked  her  every  step.  To-day  her  people  are  one  peo- 
ple, earnest,  generous,  faithful,  desiring  to  do  the  will  of 
God,  and  bound  together  by  the  unbreakable  ties  of  love. 
The  beauty  of  Zion,  the  church  of  the  living  God,  is  not  in 
her  splendid  edifices,  nor  her  social  prestige,  nor  her  immense 
endowments,  nor  her  gorgeous  ritual,  nor  her  eloquent  min- 
istry, but  her  beauty  is  in  the  presence  of  God  in  the  midst  of 
her,  manifest  in  holy  living  and  in  self-denying  service,  re- 
vealed in  the  sublime  victories  of  f.-iith  and  hope  and  love,  in 


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unfaltering  loyalty  to  her  Lord  and  King.  In  the  records  of 
our  25th  anniversary  this  God-speed  is  given  to  the  genera- 
tion to  come.  "When  the  semi-centenary  shall  arrive  may  the 
record  of  the  next  25  years  be  still  brighter  and  the  work 
and  zeal  and  piety  of  the  new  generation  far  exceed  that  of 
their  fathers  and  abound  in  richer  fruits  for  the  life  ever- 
lasting." We  have  lived,  as  a  church,  under  the  benign  in- 
spiration of  this  salutation.  We  can  only  say,  "We  have 
tried  to  do  our  duty.  We  have  endeavored  to  fight  a  good 
fight ;  we  have  striven  to  keep  the  faith.  And  by  the  grace 
of  God  we  are  what  we  are."  The  same  God  has  been  in  the 
midst  of  us,  who  was  in  the  midst  of  our  fathers.  We  know 
not  what  shall  be.  We  stand  here  to-day,  in  the  middle  of  a 
century  and  lifting  our  souls  to  God  can  only  say  as  we  face 
the  future,  "O  God,  God  with  us  !  Thy  will :  nothing  more : 
nothing  less:  nothing  else."  In  this  attitude  of  surrender  to 
the  divine  will  and  the  divine  working,  we  close  one-half 
century  to  begin  another.  God  in  the  midst  of  us  is  a  cove- 
nant keeping  God.  God  with  us  is  a  God  mighty  to  save. 
"Now  unto  Him  that  is  able  to  do  exceeding  abundantly 
above  all  that  we  ask  or  think  according  to  the  power  that 
worketh  in  us.  Unto  Him  be  the  glory  in  the  church  and  in 
Christ  Jesus,  unto  all  generations  forever  and  ever.     Amen 


SACRAMENTAL  SERVICE. 

In  the  afternoon  of  the  day  the  Sacrament  of  the  Lord's 
Supper  was  celebrated,  the  house  was  filled  with  com- 
municants, many  former  members  from  a  distance  being 
present. 

It  was  by  the  session  deemed  fitting  that,  at  the  begin- 
ning of  this  celebration,  a  Communion  Service  should  be 
thus  observed  through  the  medium  of  which  the  mem- 
bership of  the  church  might  be  brought  into  closer  fel- 
lowship with  our  Saviour  and  with  each  other. 

The  service  was  indeed  most  impressive  and  tender, 
the  church  covenants  being  read,  the  pastor  in  his  re- 


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marks  referring  especially  to  those  who  in  times  past  so 
often  were  associated  m  this  service  but.  departed,  were 
now  participating  in  the  more  glorious  and  eternal  com- 
munion of  the  saints  with  their  Lord  in  glory. 

The  presence  of  the  Holy  Spirit  was  manifestly  felt  by 
everyone  and  the  influence  of  the  service  extended 
throughout  the  entire  celebration. 

A  most  gratifying  feature  was  the  participation  in  the 
service  by  the  entire  Eldership,  as  well  all  of  the  other 
officers  of  the  church,  none  being  absent. 


ANNIVERSARY  OF  THE  SUNDAY  SCHOOLS. 

In  the  evening  of  this  delightful  day  the  Semi-Centen- 
nial  of  the  Sunday  Schools  occurred.  In  the  unavoidable 
absence  of  Elder  George  S.  Clapp,  who  was  appointed  to 
preside.  Elder  James  S.  Higbie  conducted  the  service. 

The  youth  of  the  Parish  and  Chapel  Schools,  number- 
ing nearly  six  hundred,  with  their  teachers  and  officers, 
singing  a  processional  hymn,  "Hear  the  Captain  clearly 
calling,"  marched  from  the  parlors  into  the  auditorium 
where  seated  in  a  body  they  formed  a  most  beautiful 
and  charming  spectacle. 

The  children  presented  entertaining  exercises  and  the 
historical  addresses  were  delivered  by  the  Superintendent 
of  the  Parish  School  and  President  of  the  Teachers'  Asso- 
ciation of  the  Chapel  School. 

In  the  absence  of  Elder  Daniel  Halsey.  Mr.  David  C. 
Dodd,  for  seventeen  years  Superintendent  of  the  Parish 
School  and  a  former  elder,  offered  prayer  and  later  made 
interesting  reminiscent  remarks. 

There  was  also  a  large  public  attendance  many  stand- 
ing while  others  were  unable  to  obtain  admittance.  After 
the  service  a  great  concourse  of  visitors  from  other  con- 
gregations entered  the  church  and  admiring  the  decora- 
tions were  very  congratulatory  in  expressing  their  appre- 
ciation of  their  arrangement  and  beauty. 


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ADDRESS  OF  THE    SUPERINTENDENT  OF  THE 

PARISH  SUNDAY  SCHOOL. 

Dr.  Joseph  S.  Vinson. 

A  half-century  of  the  life  of  a  Sunday  School  creates 
an  epoch  in  the  history  of  a  church.  It  is  the  training 
school  of  the  church,  and  from  it  go  forces  which  ramify 
every  department  of  its  life  and  service.  The  church 
receives  an  unchangeable  impression  from  its  Sunday 
Schools.  It  is  therefore  a  matter  of  profound  interest 
to  recount,  in  even  the  briefest  way,  the  history  of  our 
Parish  School  during  fifty  eventful  years. 

For  the  history  of  the  school  through  its  first  quarter 
of  a  century,  we  are  indebted  to  the  comprehensive  and 
inspiring  address  delivered  in  1878,  by  Mr.  Frank  C. 
Willcox,  the  secretary. 

For  the  historical  facts  of  the  past  twenty-five  years, 
we  are  debtors  to  our  present  secretary,  ]\Iiss  Cordelia 
O.  Ross,  who  has  carefully  compiled  them  from  the 
records,  ten  years  thereof  having  been  kept  by  her  own  hand. 

In  1853  the  Parish  Sunday  School  was  started  in  the 
Mulberry  Street  Chapel.  Mrs.  J.  P.  Wilson  was  superin- 
tendent of  the   primary  department. 

In  1854  the  school  was  transferred  to  the  church  lec- 
ture room,  Mr.  Ralph  Pierson  Long,  superintendent,  and 
Mrs.  Eliza  Armstrong,  assistant  superintendent.  About 
this  time  Mr.  Asa  Whitehead  was  induced  to  become  the 
teacher  of  a  Young  Ladies'  Bible  class,  which  proved  a 
great  advantage  to  the  church. 

During  the  years  1855,  1856  and  1857  the  same  officers 
were  in  charge  of  the  school,  and  in  the  latter  year  Miss 
Mary  H.  Gill,  sister  of  Mrs.  Wilson,  was  placed  over  the 
Primary  Department  and  Mrs.  Wilson  was  given  a 
Young  Ladies'  Bible  Class,  sessions  of  which  were  held 
previous  to  the  morning  service.  Mrs.  Wilson  continued 
to  be  its  instructor  for  eleven  years,  when  she  retired 
on  account  of  ill  health. 


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In  1858  and  1859  Mr.  Ralph  Pierson  was  re-elected 
superintendent,  Mrs.  Eliza  Armstrong,  assistant  superin- 
tendent and  Dr.  A.  W.  Woodhull  secretary.  At  this 
time  Mr.  John  Whitehead  had  a  flourishing  Bible  class 
for  men.  During  this  year  (1859)  thirty-nine  Bibles  were 
jiresented  to  scholars  committing  to  memory  the  entire  Cate- 
chism.    This  plan  is  now  being  pursued  (1903). 

In  1858  was  also  instituted  a  house  to  house  visitation 
in  this  section  of  the  city  by  the  teachers  of  the  Parish 
School. 

In  1859  John  P.  Jackson  was  elected  superintendent, 
and  in  i860  was  re-elected.  A  notable  fact  was  the  election 
in  this  latter  year  of  his  son,  Gen.  Joseph  C.  Jackson,  to  the 
like  office  in  the  Chapel  Sunday  School  of  this  church. 

The  following  year  (1861)  the  school  sustained  a 
serious  loss  in  the  death  of  its  superintendent,  John  P. 
Jackson.  At  the  annual  election  in  1861  Ira  M.  Harrison 
was  unanimously  chosen  to  fill  the  vacancy. 

F.  Wolcott  Jackson  was  elected  treasurer  in  1865, 
which  office  he  fills  at  the  present  time,  having  performed 
continuous  and  faithful  service  for  thirty-eight  years. 

In  1869  Ira  M.  Harrison  declining  a  re-election,  Augus- 
tus I.  Gillette  was  chosen  to  fill  the  place. 

In  1872  David  C.  Dodd,  Jr.,  was  called  to  the  head  of 
the  school,  which  office  he  accepted  and  filled  with  great 
ability  until  1891,  covering  a  period  of  nearly  twenty 
years. 

In  1887  .Allan  L.  Bassett  was  elected  assistant  superin- 
tendent, and  remained  in  office  until  1891.  In  this  same 
year  (1887)  Mrs.  Allan  L.  Bassett  was  elected  principal 
of  the  Primary  Department,  which  office  she  held  until 
1894. 

From  1872  to  1876  the  officers  were  mainly  the  same. 
In  this  latter  year  the  school  was  called  to  mourn  the 
loss  of  its  secretary,  Dr.  A.  W.  Woodhull.  High  tributes 
were  paid  to  his  memory  in  the  minutes,  and  as  recorded  by 


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Dr.  Wilson ;  his  was  "a  great  and  most  afflictive  bereave- 
ment, deepest  loss." 

In  1878  the  late  Frank  C.  Wilcox  was  elected  secretary, 
and  served  in  this  capacity  until  1880. 

From  1880  until  1891  there  were  but  few  changes  made 
in  the  officers  of  the  Sunday  School. 

In  1889  the  church  suflfered  the  loss  of  its  beloved 
leader,  Rev.  James  P.  Wilson,  D.  D.,  who  during  his 
pastorate  of  thirty-six  years,  always  took  a  great  interest 
in  the  school. 

At  the  annual  election  in  1891  an  entirely  new  body  of 
officers  was  chosen,  with  the  exception  of  the  treasurer. 
They  were  as  follows :  L.  D.  Howard  Gilmour,  superintend- 
ent ;  Anson  A.  Carter,  assistant  superintendent ;  F.  Wolcott 
Jackson,  treasurer.  These  officers  were  continued  until 
1900. 

In  the  fall  of  1894  Mrs.  P.  Sanford  Ross  was  elected 
principal  of  the  Primary  Department. 

In  1895  Mrs.  Lyman  Whitney  Allen  was  elected  prin- 
cipal of  this  department,  which  office  she  held  until  1898. 

In  the  fall  of  1898  Mrs.  Samuel  Clark  was  elected  prin- 
cipal of  this  department,  which  office  she  holds  at  the 
present  time. 

From  1900  to  1902  the  only  change  was  in  the  office  of 
superintendent,  Anson  A.  Carter,  the  assistant  superin- 
tendent, being  made  superintendent. 

In  the  fall  of  this  year  (1902)  at  the  annual  meeting. 
Dr.  Joseph  S.  Vinson  was  elected  superintendent. 

The  membership  of  this  school  through  these  fifty 
years  has  maintained  the  expected  proportion  to  the 
number  of  children  and  young  people  related  to  the  church. 
The  number  of  scholars  uniting  with  the  church  from  year  to 
year  has  fulfilled  very  largely  the  expectation  of  the  teachers, 
nearly  all  of  them  coming  in  due  time  and  making  a  profes- 
sion of  their  faith,  thus  confirming  our  belief  in  the  power  of 
the  covenant  and  the  privilege  of  the  rite  of  baptism. 

The     scholars    of    the    Parish    School    have    become 


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teachers  in  Parish  and  Chapel  Schools  and  have  gone  forth 
from  it  to  become  generally  identified  with  the  various 
departments  of  church  work,  two  having  been  ordained 
as  ministers  of  the  gospel ;  others  have  gone  forth  into 
the  world  trained  in  the  knowledge  of  handling  the  word 
of  God,  conversant  with  the  doctrines  of  the  church  as 
expressed  in  the  Catechism,  tempered  in  disposition,  devel- 
oped in  character  by  the  truths  of  the  Gospel  and  made 
Christian  forces  for  righteousness  in  their  various  vocations. 

A  large  part  of  the  Christian  men  and  women  of  this 
church,  who  for  well-nigh  two  generations  have  had  an 
influence  and  shaping  power  in  the  community  for  God 
and  the  higher  life  of  humanity,  have  come  from  the 
Parish  School  of  this  church. 

The  school  has  given  a  training  and  an  education  for 
mature  Christian  thought  and  service,  has  helped  to 
beautify  and  strengthen  the  homes  connected  with  it,  and  the 
social  and  business  world  with  which  its  graduates  have 
come  into  touch. 

The  gifts  of  the  school  have  steadily  increased  from 
year  to  year,  and  the  total  contributions  for  fifty  years 
have  been  $14,000.  This  total  includes  the  moneys  for 
the  maintenance  of  the  school  in  all  its  branches,  it  being 
entirely  self-supporting. 

The  missionary  contributions  have  been  equally 
divided  between  the  Home  and  Foreign  Missionary 
Boards  of  the  Church. 

Through  all  these  years  we  have  had  a  spiritual  and 
able  corps  of  teachers,  wloo  have  faithfully  endeavored  to 
sow  the  seeds  of  divine  truth  in  the  hearts  of  the  children. 
We  have  had  also  the  cordial  sympathy  of  our  Session 
and  of  the  parents  of  the  children. 

And  now  as  we  enter  upon  the  future,  after  these  fifty 
years  of  sacred  and  immortal  history,  we  do  so  knowing 
that  the  God  of  our  fathers  will  be  our  God  and  if  we  are 
faithful  will  bless  our  efforts. 


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We  ask  of  our  church  with  earnest,  heartfelt  expec- 
tation, the  continued  prayers  and  encouragement  for  our 
blessed  work,  and  we  know  that  by  the  help  of  the 
Holy  Spirit  the  children  of  this  church  will  grow  up  to 
be  as  olive  plants  in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  or  as  fruitful 
trees  by  rivers  of  living  water. 


ADDRESS   OF   THE  PRESIDENT   OF   THE  TEACHERS' 

ASSOCIATION    OF    THE    CHAPEL 

SUNDAY  SCHOOL 

Osc.\R  E.  Day. 

From  the  published  report  of  the  twenty-fifth  anni- 
versary of  the  South  Park  Mission  Sunday  School,  which 
has  developed  into  our  present  Chapel  School,  we  have 
obtained  the  history  of  the  earlier  years  of  our  school, 
no  other  record  being  in  existence. 

In  the  year  185 1  John  P.  Jackson,  Samuel  P.  Smith  and 
several  others  opened  a  Sunday  School  in  the  Chestnut 
street  depot.  This  school  was  under  the  superintendency 
of  ]Mr.  Jackson  and  his  sister,  Mrs.  Eliza  Armstrong. 
The  school  was  continued  until  the  opening  of  the  Mul- 
berry Street  Chapel,  a  little  more  than  a  year  later.  An 
attempt  was  made  to  take  the  school  to  the  chapel.  This, 
however,   was  unsuccessful 

In  1853  the  Rev.  Robert  B.  Campfield,  assisted  by  David 
Joline,  again  started  the  school  in  the  Chestnut  street 
depot,  holding  sessions  a  portion  of  the  time  in  a  railroad 
car,  the  use  of  which  was  given  them  by  John  P.  Jack- 
son, at  that  time  superintendent  of  the  New  Jersey  Rail- 
road and  Transportation  Company.     The  sessions  of  the 


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school  have  been  held   regularly   from   that   time  to  the 
present. 

In  1854  the  school  was  transferred  to  the  Mulberry 
Street  Chapel  and  since  then  has  been  an  integral  part  of 
our  church.  Air.  Joline  continued  as  superintendent  until 
1856,  when  Archibald  Parkhurst  was  elected  to  the  office 
and  served  until  Alay.  i860.  General  Joseph  C.  Jackson 
was  then  elected  superintendent  to  succeed  .\Ir.  Park- 
hurst and  served  one  year.  He  was  succeeded  by  Hum- 
phrey R.  F"uller.  Francis  N.  Torrey  was  elected  in  1863 
and  served  continuously  for  five  years.  Joseph  G.  Doty 
served  until  1875,  Daniel  Halsey  serving  during  the  year 
1874  as  assistant  superintendent. 

In  May,  1875.  John  Y.  Foster  was  elected  superinten- 
dent and  served  until  the  year  of  his  death,  1896,  with  an 
interval  of  one  year,  May  i,  1892,  to  May  i,  1893,  when 
he  declined  a  re-election.  But  during  that  time  he  taught 
a  Bible  class  of  adults  in  the  school.  It  was  during  this 
period  that  the  school  entered  upon  an  era  of  prosperity- 
far  beyond  the  most  sanguine  expectations  of  its  founders. 
.\s  a  result  of  the  indefatigable  efforts  of  the  superin- 
tentlent,  supplemented  by  the  faithful  work  of  the  Bible 
reader  and  the  hearty  co-operation  of  all  the  teachers  and 
officers,  our  school  so  increased  in  numbers  that  it  be- 
came apparent  to  all  that  our  old  chapel,  which  had  at 
diiiferent  times  been  enlarged,  could  not  much  longer 
accommodate  the  school. 

Mr.  Foster  was  impressed  with  the  necessity  of  a 
chapel  east  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  and  continually 
urged  upon  the  teachers  the  great  need  in  that  section  nt 
the  city  of  a  place  for  worship  and  religious  instruction. 

In  1 89 1  a  Home  Class  was  organized  composed  of 
those  whose  duties  were  such  that  they  could  not  attend 
the  Sunday  session  of  the  school  but  wished  to  engage  in 
Bible  study  at  home.  This  class  studies  the  same  lessons 
that  are  taught   at  the  regular  session  of  the  school,   and 


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is  divided  into  smaller  classes  under  competent  teachers 
who  visit  them  at  their  homes  for  the  purpose  of  study 
and  explanation  of  God's  word.  The  class  is  gathered 
quarterly  at  the  chapel  when  the  pastor  or  his  assistant 
reviews  the  lessons  of  the  quarter  with  them.  The  class 
numbers  fifty  members  and  enjoys  all  the  privileges  ac- 
corded to  the  regular  attendants  at  the  Sunday  sessions. 

About  the  same  time  a  number  of  young  ladies  organ- 
ized a  society  for  the  purpose  of  aiding  in  the  chapel  work 
and  lending  assistance  wherever  it  might  be  needed. 
The  society  chose  to  be  known  as  the  "Faithful  Work- 
ers." The  generous  contributions  made  by  them  have 
been  given  for  various  purposes,  including  moneys  not 
only  for  school  support  but  for  church  and  other  benevo- 
lent objects,  thus  demonstrating  that  the  name  adopted 
by  them  is  not  a  misnomer.  One  of  the  developments  of 
the  society  has  been  the  formation  of  a  Junior  Faithful 
Workers'  Society,  composed  of  the  younger  girls  of  the 
school. 

In  November,  1896,  Oscar  E.  Day  was  elected  superin- 
tendent and  served  until  ATay,  1902,  when  he  relin- 
quished the  active  duties  of  the  office  and  accepted  the 
position  of  president  of  the  Teachers'  Society  and  as- 
sumed the  direction  of  the  executive  department  of  the 
school.  The  active  superintendency  was  then  given  to 
the  pastor's  assistant.  Rev.  Henry  S.  Brown,  who  has  been 
succeeded  by  Rev.  Frank  E.  Simmons  and  Rev.  Stuart  Nye 
Hutchison. 

Upon  the  revival  of  the  business  interests  of  the  coun- 
try in  1899,  the  new  chapel  enterprise  began  again, 
through  the  exertions  of  the  pastor,  to  assume  a  decided 
tendency  toward  the  accomplishment  of  securing  the 
long  desired  new  building.  Various  sums  of  money  were 
contributed  by  members  of  the  congregation  and  the 
school.  After  a  thorough  investigation  of  that  locality 
a  plot  of  ground  was  purchased  on   the  corner  of  South 


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and  Dawson  streets.  It  may  be  truly  said  that  Provi- 
dence guided  us  in  the  selection  of  this  site. 

In  April,  1900,  the  erection  of  the  new  building  was 
begun.  The  corner  stone  was  laid  with  appropriate  cere- 
monies in  May.  The  work  progressed  rapidly,  and  as 
soon  as  the  walls  were  erected,  the  roof  completed  and 
the  rough  floor  laid,  services  were  held  Sunday  evenings 
in  the  unfinished  structure.  Beginning  in  August,  1900, 
they  have  been  continued  regularly  until  the  present. 

The  chapel  will,  we  firmly  believe,  fill  a  place  in  its  neigh- 
borhood that  will  be  of  lasting  benefit.  It  is  used  not  only 
for  religious  purposes  but  is  open  during  the  evenings 
as  well.  There  is  a  reading  room,  gymnasium,  and 
through  the  liberality  of  several  gentlemen  of  the  church 
and  congregation,  bowling  alleys  are  connected  with  it. 
On  Sunday  evenings  a  class  of  children  is  gathered  in  the 
chapel  by  Mr.  Chas.  W.  Edwards. 

We  have  to  thank  Almighty  God  for  the  results  of  the 
past  fifty  \ears,  the  mercies  that  He  has  shown  and  the 
blessings  bestowed  upon  us.  In  His  all-wise  Providence 
he  has  permitted  death  to  enter  and  at  different  times 
take  from  us  some  of  our  associates. 

This  sketch  of  our  school  would  be  incomplete  did 
we  not  especially  mention  him  who  was  beloved  by  this  en- 
tire church  and  by  none  more  than  the  Mission  School.  We 
can  only  say  that  when  Dr.  Wilson  died  a  good  man 
was  taken  from  us.  We  who  knew  him  well  remember 
his  visits  and  kindly  greetings  at  the  old  chapel. 

One  of  the  saddest  occasions  was  when  we  were  called 
upon  to  mourn  the  loss  of  him  who  had  been  our  leader 
for  twenty-one  years.  John  Y.  Foster  was  an  ideal  Sun- 
day School  superintendent,  bringing  to  the  office  which 
sought  him  a  well-trained  mind,  a  positive  conviction  of 
right  and  wrong,  an  unswerving  devotion  to  principle,  a  con- 
scientious discharge  of  the  duties  incumbent  upon  him  and 
requiring  of  his  teachers  their  best  and  that  the  first  duty  of 


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Sunday  School  teachers  was  to  bring-  those  committed  to 
their  care  to  a  saving  knowledge  of  their  Saviour.  Under 
such  a  leader  it  would  be  strange  if  as  a  school  we  were  not 
prospered. 

What  the  history  of  the  Chapel  School  will  be  during 
the  fifty  years  to  come  depends  upon  the  fidelity  with 
which  we  discharge  our  duties,  our  devotion  to  the 
church,  and  loyalty  to  pastor  and  ofificers. 


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MONDAY,  OCTOBER  26th. 


On  the  evening  of  Monday,  October  26th,  was  observed 
the  Historical  exercises  presided  over  by  Elder  F.  Wol- 
cott  Jackson,  Chairman  of  the  Historical  Committee. 

After  the  organ  prelude,  Dr.  Allen  offered  the  invoca- 
tion and  Rev.  S.  N.  Hutchison  read  from  the  Scripture. 
Miss  MacCall  sang  the  solo,  "We  Praise  Thee,"  Giordani. 

Mr.  Jackson's  remarks,  containing  most  happy  allusions 
to  our  church  unity,  harmony  and  oneness  in  Christ,  were 
received  with  highest  appreciation  in  coming  from  one 
whose  recollections  arose  from  most  intimate  associa- 
tions as  member  and  elder  through  nearly  its  whole 
being. 

ADDRESS. 
F.  WoLcoTT  Jackson. 

This  is  a  notable  epoch  in  the  history  of  our  church. 
It  is  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  its  organization.  It  is  not 
my  intention  to  review  the  history  of  the  church.  This 
was  begun  most  beautifully  b}-  our  pastor  in  his 
historical  sermon  of  yesterday  morning.  At  the  anni- 
versary celebration  of  the  Sunday  Schools  last  evening 
the  historical  addresses  of  the  superintendent  of  the 
Parish  School  and  the  president  of  the  Teachers'  Asso- 
ciation of  the  Chapel  School  continued  this  history,  to 
be  completed  this  evening  for  the  first  fifty  years  by  the 
liistorical  and  other  addresses  here  to  be  made.  These 
make  it  unnecessary  for  me  to  say  anything  more  in 
connection  with  the  history  of  our  church. 


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I  may  be  permitted  to  say  a  few  words  before  enter- 
ing upon  the  exercises  over  which  I  am  called  to  preside 
this  evening.  There  were  some  whose  names  do  not  ap- 
pear in  the  organization  of  the  church,  who  nevertheless 
were  a  part  of  it.  They  were  non-professors  of  religion 
at  the  time,  and  young  people.  Many  of  these  made  a 
public  profession  of  their  faith  in  Christ  in  this  church 
soon  after,  some  of  whom  are  still  living.  The  attach- 
ment to  their  old  churches,  to  the  pastors  and  members 
of  the  congregations  was  strong  on  the  part  of  both 
adults  and  young  people,  and  I  know  that  many  left  their 
old  church  homes  with  the  deepest  regret.  Such  pas- 
tors as  the  Rev.  Dr.  Stearns,  of  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church ;  the  Rev.  Dr.  Craven,  of  the  Third  Presbyterian 
Church,  and  the  Rev.  Dr.  Aikman,  of  the  Sixth  Presby- 
terian Church,  were  loved  by  their  congregations,  and 
South  Park  Church  was  largely  made  up  of  those  who 
left  these  pastors  and  these  churches. 

The  affection  that  was  entertained  for  their  pastors  by 
those  who  founded  this  church  was  lifelong,  and  the 
churches  they  attended  before  they  came  here  were 
looked  upon  as  their  old  homes.  I  loved  Dr.  Stearns  to 
the  day  of  his  death,  and  considered  him  one  of  my 
dearest  friends,  and  even  now  I  feel  almost  as  much  at 
home  in  the  old  First  Church  as  I  do  in  the  South  Park 
Church.  I  do  not  feel  that  I  am  speaking  for  myself 
alone  when  I  express  these  feelings — and  yet  we  left. 
Duty  may  be  said  to  have  originated  the  South  Park 
Presbyterian  Church.  Duty  to  the  Lord  and  Master,  in 
locating  a  church  where  the  needs  of  our  growing  city 
required  it.  Never  have  I  heard  any  regret  expressed  by 
those  who  came  to  this  church  in  1853.  The  Lord  blessed 
us.  The  tributes  of  our  pastor  in  his  sermon  yesterday 
morning  to  dear  Dr.  Wilson,  which  he  must  have 
gathered  from  the  congregation,  for  I  believe  he  never 
saw  Dr.  Wilson,  go  to  prove  that  God  was  with  those 
who  founded  this  church,  and  that  He  blessed  them  with 


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happiness  such  as  He  kindly  gives  those  who  go  out  from 
their  own  loved  homes  to  found  another,  as  childhood  be- 
comes manhood  or  womanhood. 

This  church  has  always  been  a  united  church.  No 
differences  have  ever  existed  among  pastors,  session 
and  people,  but  from  the  beginning  to  this  day  with  our 
two  pastors,  a  period  of  fifty  years,  the  work  God  in  His 
providence  has  placed  to  our  charge  has  been  carried  on 
together  in  perfect  harmony,  with  one  aim — the  glory 
of  our  Heavenly  Father  and  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and 
in  dependence  on  the  Holy  Spirit. 

Elder  Arthur  R.  Denman  delivered  the  address  of  the 
evening,  presenting,  comprehensively,  the  history  and 
development  of  the  church  and  the  various  departments 
of  its  work  during  the  latter  twenty-five  years,  prefacing 
with  a  resume  of  its  former  quarter  century. 

The  address  being  deduced  from  records  and  memories 
as  Sunday  School  .'scholar  and  teacher,  church  member 
and  officer,  will,  as  stating  facts,  probably  prove  of  some 
historical  value  to  the  inquirer. 

The  congregation  seemed  to  be  much  gratified  to  have 
thus  spread  before  them  a  panoramic  and  bird's-eye  view 
of  the  evolution  of  the  church  entity,  its  steadily  progres- 
sive movement  and  wide  expansion  along  evangelistic 
lines  and  its  natural  promise  of  probable  further  develop- 
ment. 


ADDRESS. 

/\j<THLR   R.   DeNM.\N. 

To  attenii)t  to  completely  re-chronicle  the  story  of  South. 
Park  Presbyterian  Church  in  view  of  the  historical  work 
so  ably  done  by  the  late  John  P.  Jackson  (second)  on  the 
occasion  of  its  twenty-fifth  anniversary  celebration  would  be 
a  work  of  supererogation  if  not  presumption,  and  as  delight- 


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ful  as  it  would  be  to  linger  among  the  memories  and  tradi- 
tions of  the  era  of  its  beginnings,  to  so  do  would  be  to  repeat 
what  when  written  was  fresh  in  the  memories  of  those  par- 
ticipating and  spoken  from  hearts  glowing  in  the  reflective 
light  of  their  own  past. 

It  is  fitting,  however,  in  taking  up  the  thread  of  the  narra- 
tive where  they  laid  it  down,  to  review,  by  way  of  refresh- 
ing our  memories,  some  of  their  story  whereby  to  interweave 
the  strand  and  weld  the  new  links  to  the  old  and  so  make 
in  a  harmonious  whole  the  golden  chain  of  church  event,  its 
aims  and  achievements,  initiated  by  that  pious  band  of  Chris- 
tian workers  fifty  years  ago,  most  of  whom  have  passed  be- 
yond the  veil  to  the  reward  of  the  righteous,  whose  burthen 
descending  to  their  successors  has  been  sought  to  be  borne 
forward,  outward  and  upward  with  helping  hand,  though 
perhaps  with  faltering  step,  under  the  inspiration  of  the  same 
Holy  Spirit  which  breathed  into  them  and  inspired  their 
nobility  of  purpose. 

From  those  nights  beginning  ]\Iarch  JJ.  185 1,  when  was 
held  the  first  informal  meeting  lor  discussion  and  April  19, 
1852,  when  was  taken  the  first  formal  action  by  Asa  White- 
head, Samuel  P.  Smith,  John  P.  Jackson  (first),  Rev.  Wil- 
liam Bradley  and  Aaron  Carter,  Jr,,  interest  in  the  project  of 
organizing  and  establishing  a  church  in  the  lower  or  south- 
ern part  of  the  city  to  be  afterwards  known  as  South  Park 
Presbyterian  Church,  never  flagged  nor  have  its  workers  ever 
halted.  Several  meetings  were  held  at  which  larger  numbers 
were  present  and  the  whole  subject  maturely  and  prayer- 
fully considered  resulting  in  the  organization  of  our  church 
society,  whereupon  Asa  Whitehead,  John  P.  Jackson  (first), 
Seth  W.  Magie,  Aaron  Carter,  Jr..  Silas  Ford,  Peter  G. 
McDermit  and  Ezra  Reeve  were  elected  trustees.  The  for- 
mal organization  of  the  church  occurred  on  Sunday  evening, 
March  20,  1853,  in  that  mother  of  churches  of  this  city,  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church,  when  the  Rev.  Dr.  Jonathan  F. 
Stearns,  its  pastor,  conducted  the  exercises  in  an  appropriate 
and  most  impressive  manner,  assisted  by  Rev.  Drs.  Eddy  and 


2,7 

Brinsmade,  and  Rev.  Messrs.  J.  Fewsniith  and  Wm.  Aikman, 
pastors  of  Presbyterian  churches  of  the  city,  (the  last  men- 
tioned of  whom  it  is  our  hiq-h  privilege  and  delight  to  have 
with  us  this  evening  and  to  whose  voice  we  shall  listen  as  to 
the  echo  of  a  fast  receding  era.  in  a  manner  harking 
back  to  our  fathers  and  the  times  when  they  strove  and 
wrought).  Samuel  P.  Smith,  Aaron  Carter,  Jr.,  Seth  W. 
Magie,  Aaron  C.  Johnson  and  David  Joline  were  at  the  same 
time  set  apart  as  ruling  elders.  The  church  was  taken  under 
the  care  of  the  Presbytery  of  Newark  at  its  sessions  in  April, 
1853,  "^^^  ^low  about  this  time  was  sent  and  accepted  its 
heaven  directed  call  to  the  Rev.  Dr.  James  Patriot  Wilson,  a 
professor  in  Union  Theological  Seminary,  that  grand  "'gen- 
tleman of  the  old  school,"  whose  labors  and  sainted  memory 
must  ever  be  enshrined  in  the  most  sacred  precincts  of  all 
our  hearts,  are  matters  of  history  oft  retold  and  recorded  by 
other  loving  and  more  able  tongues  and  pens. 

This  call  accepted,  influenced  as  he  himself  says,  "b}-  the 
prospect  of  building  up  a  new  church  for  Christ  and  for  the 
kingdom  of  God,  and  laying  new  foundations,  with  such 
solid,  influential,  reliable  men  (and  women  too  as  he  also  said 
in  another  place)  as  coadjutors,  controlled  the  final  decis- 
ion." With  its  beloved  pastor  came  additional  inspiration 
and  aid  in  overcoming  obstacles.  The  enthusiasm  of  the  lit- 
tle band  continued  unabated,  hardships  but  increased  it,  and 
purpose  became  high  resolve  to  conquer,  with  His  aid  by 
whose  help  they  had  hither  come,  their  discouraging  if  but 
temporar\-  embarrassments  and  rear  a  temple  for  the  wor- 
ship and  glory  of  God.  And  so  it  was  a  site  was  purchased 
and  a  deed  of  conveyance  made  b\'  Samuel  B.  Brown  for  the 
premises  on  which  the  church  now  stands  and  plans  secured 
for  the  sacred  edifice.  After  many  trials  of  their  faith  and 
strength  of  purpose,  it  came  to  pass  that  "the  wall  was  built, 
the  doors  set  up  and  the  porters  and  singers  appointed." 
The  exercises  connected  with  laying  the  corner  stone  took 
place  on  the  afternoon  of  Saturday.  October  29,  1853.  ^"" 
troductory   prayer   was   made   b\-    Rev.     Dr.    Jonathan     F. 


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Stearns,  after  which  a  hymn,  written  for  the  occasion  bv  Dr. 
Wilson,  was  sung  by  a  chorus  of  twelve  students  of  the 
Union  Theological  Seminary,  who  had  come  to  witness  the 
ceremony  out  of  respect  to  their  former  teacher.  The  first 
stanza  of  this  hymn  is  as  follows : 

Great  King  of  Glory  ;  Triune  God  ; 
Eternity  is  thine  abode. 
The  heaven  of  heavens  thy  throne,  yet  we 
In  human  temples  worship  Thee. 

An  address  was  delivered  by  Rev.  Dr.  Wilson.  The 
remainder  of  the  exercises  consisted  of  depositing  a  tin 
box  in  the  corner-stone  by  Rev.  Mr.  Tuttle,  laying  the 
stone,  remarks  by  Dr.  Eddy,  a  prayer  by  Dr.  Scott,  do.x- 
ology  and  benediction  by  Rev.  Mr.  Bradley. 

The  contents  of  the  box  were  as  follows :  A  Bible,  the 
Confession  of  Faith  and  the  Constitution  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church  in  the  United  States ;  documents  relating 
to  the  congregation  ;  its  history,  names  of  officers  and 
members ;  copies  of  the  New  York  Evangelist :  Christian 
Observer ;  New  York  Observer ;  Journal  of  Commerce 
and  the  daily  papers  of  this  city ;  a  letter  to  future 
openers ;  coins ;  a  sketch  of  the  history  of  Newark  ;  a  list 
of  its  institutions  and  a  directory. 

During  the  year  1854  was  presented  by  the  First 
Church  the  beautiful  silver  service  with  which  has  ever 
since  been  here  celebrated  the  Sacrament  of  the  Lord's 
Supper,  a  most  gracious  tribute  of  the  love  and  fellow- 
ship that  has  always  indissolubly  bound  these  two  com- 
munions and  that  other,  the  Third  Presbyterian  Church, 
for  the  whole  period  of  our  existence,  and  has  formed 
a  notable  triad  in  breaking  the  Bread  of  Life  to  those 
hungering  after  righteousness  and  the  ])rincipal  expon- 
ents in  this  city,  particularly  its  southerly  section,  of  the 
truth  as  taught  by  the  Presbyterian  Church. 

The  dedication  occurred  with  appropriate  services 
Thursday,  I'ebruary  15,  1855.    Their  experience  was  that 


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usually  attendant  on  such  undertakings,  for  they  found 
that  "the  cost  and  expense  were  large,  niuch  greater  than 
was  originally  intended  :  but  as  it  has  been  well  remarked, 
our  fathers  erected  a  house  that  does  honor  to  their  taste 
and  sound  judgment  and  wise,  liberal  forecast,  and  at 
that  time  for  beauty,  convenience  and  comfort  it  was, 
perhaps,  unsurpassed  in  this  State." 

One  of  the  great  opportunities  for  usefulness  and  work 
for  South  Park  Church  has  ever  been,  as  it  is  and  must 
continue  to  be,  its  mission  field.  As  a  former  historian 
records;  "The  mission  work  at  the  ]\[ulberry  Street  Chapel 
was  a  cherished  object  of  attention,  and  November  28, 
1856,  the  session  record  that  "at  the  earnest  desire  and 
suggestion  of  the  pastor,  an  eiiort  was  made  to  increase 
the  number  of  Sunday  School  pupils  under  the  care  of 
the  church  :  with  a  view  to  this  a  meeting  was  called  of 
those  who  were  willing  to  engage  in  the  work  of  ex- 
ploration, and  the  whole  of  the  southern  part  of  the  city 
from  Walnut  street  was  laid  of^'  into  districts  and  thor- 
oughly explored.  Every  house  and  family  were  visited, 
and  any  child  that  did  not  attend  a  Sunday  School  was 
solicited  to  be  sent.  The  result  was  an  addition  of  nearly 
one  hundred  to  the  school.  The  whole  work  was  thor- 
oughly done  and  new  zeal  imparted  to  the  enterprise.'  " 

Tt  must  ever  be  remembered  that  Mulberry  Chapel  was 
in  a  sense  the  cradle  of  our  church  and  Sunda}'  Schools 
and  we  may  not  forget  that  our  .Sunday  School  begin- 
nings were  in  railway  cars  at  or  near  the  Chestnut  street 
station  of  what  then  was  the  New  Jersey  Railroad  and 
Transportation  Compan}'.  Shortly  after  the  erection  of 
this  station,  or  depot  then  so-called,  it  was  noticed  that  num- 
bers of  children  congregated  around  the  place  on  the  Sab-. 
bath,  creating  much  noise  and  confusion.  These  requir- 
ing Sunday  School  privileges  and  accommodation,  the 
use  of  the  building  for  the  purpose  was  obtained  and  a 
Sunday  .School  npeneil  there  about  1851,  and  so  con- 
tinued until  the  opening  of  Mulberry  Chapel  a  little  over 


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a  year  later.  In  Mulberry  Chapel  in  the  year  1853  was 
org-anized  and  started  our  parish  Sunday  School  which 
was  removed  to  the  church  lecture  rooms  in  1854.  Mean- 
while the  Sunday  School  at  the  station  flourished  and 
continued  so  to  do  until  eventually  established  at  the 
chapel ;  at  which  places,  and  at  the  present  chapel,  each  have 
continued  their  regular  sessions. 

To  call  the  roll  of  honor  of  those  engaged  in  this  great 
work  at  this  period  would  be  to  name  nearly  the  whole 
church  membership;  all  were  in  earnest,  these  pioneers 
in  establishing  its  organization,  and  all  or  nearly  all  contrib- 
uted according  to  their  talents  to  the  good  cause.  Yet 
how  can  we  in  passing  omit  to  mention  such  names  as 
those  of  John  P.  Jackson  (first),  Samuel  P.  Smith  Mrs. 
Eliza  Armstrong,  Rev.  Robert  B.  Campfield,  Francis  N. 
Torrey  and  Joseph  D.  Doty  of  the  chapel ;  and  of  the 
parish  school,  i\Iiss  Mary  H.  Gill.  Mrs.  Wilson,  Ralph 
Pierson,  Dr.  Addison  W.  Woodhull,  Ira  M.  Harrison, 
and  John  P.  Jackson  (second). 

That  the  church  had  been  blessed  in  its  work,  was 
stated  on  the  occasion  of  the  twenty-fifth  anniversary 
celebration,  as  a  result  of  that  unity  described  by  Dr. 
Wilson  as  having  subsisted  between  himself,  the  church 
membership  and  the  session,  unbroken,  under  the  guid- 
ance of  the  Holy  Spirit,  and  it  is  apparent  from  the  facts 
that  it  had  then  developed  into  one  of  the  leading 
churches  of  Newark  Presbytery,  pre-eminent  in  its  use- 
fulness and  influence  in  this  community,  and  from  62 
members  in  1853  had  on  its  register  the  names  of  1.006 
as  having  united  themselves  with  it. 

In  a  review  of  church  finances  it  appears  that  the 
church  and  lot  cost  in  the  aggregate  the  sum  of  $54,- 
107.78.  The  cost  of  the  lot  was  $9,000.  The  cost  of  the 
church  edifice,  including  the  marble  pulpit,  the  organ, 
stained  glass  windows  and  all  extra  work,  besides  the  archi- 
tect's fees,  was  within  a  very  small  amount  of  $45,000. 


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On  the  church  property  together  with  Mulberry  Chapel 
in  1865  there  was  a  debt  of  over  $19,000  which  it  was  the 
great  desire  of  the  people  to  liquidate,  and  bringing  to 
bear  on  this  object  well  directed  and  energetic  efiforts. 
while  not  appearing  to  have  been  successful  in  the  first 
assault,  the  minutes  of  the  annual  meeting  held  Decem- 
ber 31,  1866,  show  that  in  a  subsequent  effort  made  dur- 
ing that  year,  they  had  successfully  coped  with  and 
solved  the  problem,  there  being  no  debt  on  the  church  at 
that  time. 

In  1867,  tiie  subject  of  procuring  a  parsonage  having 
lieen  discussed  privately,  at  the  annual  meeting  held  De- 
cember 31st  of  that  year,  a  committee  was  appointed  to 
negotiate  for  its  purchase  at  a  cost  not  to  exceed  $16,000. 
A  lot  on  Spruce  street  was  accordingly  purchased  and  the 
three-story  brick  house  was  erected  wherein  is,  and  has  ever 
been,  a  warm  welcome  and  genial  hospitality  for  all  who 
pass  by  that  way. 

Emerging  from  what  might  be  called  its  construction  per- 
iod into  its  full  career  we  find  a  church  already  outgrowing 
the  physical  limitations  set  for  it  by  its  founders ;  for  with 
this  second  era  came  a  necessary  partial  reconstruction  and 
enlargement  of  its  accommodations,  thereby  increasing  its 
efificiency  and  strengthening  its  organization. 

Although  initiated  into  its  work,  our  church  received  its 
first  great  spiritual  impulse  as  the  result  of  the  Great  Revival 
of  1857-8;  a  minute  of  which  reported  by  Dr.  Wilson,  ap- 
pears in  the  familiar  handwriting,  and  in  part  says :  "This 
church  in  common  with  nearly  all  the  Evangelical  churches 
of  the  land,  has  largely  shared  in  the  great  work  of  the  Holy 
Spirit  that  has  signalized  this  age."  Proceeding  at  some 
length  he  indicates  some  of  the  main  features  of  this  notable 
event,  stating  that  "the  work  has  been  silent  and  earnest,  this 
great  awakening  in  the  annals  of  the  world,"  and  closing 
with  the  observation  that  "In  common  with  nearly  all  other 
Evangelical  churches  in  this  land  (South  Park  Church)  has 
been  greatly  strengthened  and  enlarged  by  its  blessed  fruits." 


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The  above  and  the  subsequent  records  sound  the  keynote 
of  our  church  work.  "Silent  and  earnest,"  and  to-day,  two  of 
her  sons,  Revs.  James.  H.  Darlington  and  Frederick  W. 
Jackson,  Jr.,  bear  witness  of  this  and  of  her  in  their  labors 
as  ministers  of  the  gospel  of  Jesus  Christ,  worthy,  spiritual 
sons  of  a  worthy,  spiritual  mother.  And  in  evangelical  ef- 
fort and  outdoor  work,  so-called,  our  church  has  yet  to  be 
found  wanting.  Again  and  again  has  she  united  her  efforts 
with  sister  churches  in  proclaiming  the  Gospel  through  the 
various  media  from  time  to  time  employed  for  this  glorious 
purpose  and  has  thus  stood  steadfastly  for  law  and  order 
and  the  cause  of  temperance. 

The  benevolences  of  our  church  and  with  these  are,  of 
course,  included  its  foreign  and  home  missions  and  aid  in 
building  and  maintaining  churches  and  institutions,  have 
always  been  a  great  desideratum,  nor  has  it  halted  at  extend- 
ing its  aid  in  the  establishment  of  places  for  worship  of  sister 
evangelical  denominations,  ministering  largely  to  the  neces- 
sities of  those  who  from  age  or  other  infirmity  have  needed 
its  beneficence. 

It  is  highly  interesting  to  know  that  during  the  fifty  years 
of  its  history  there  has  been  contributed  as  the  free-will  of- 
fering of  this  people  in  this  behalf: 

For  Home  Missions $62,166.64 

For  Foreign  Missions 46,184.85 

For  Miscellaneous  Benevolences,  about 90,000.00 

A  total  of  benevolences  of  nearly  $200,000.00. 
For  Church  Support 499.604.88 

A  Grand  Total  of  about  $700,000.00,  or  for  accur- 
acy   $697,956.37 

Of  the  annual  contributions  to  benevolences  between  the 
years  1878  and  1903,  the  highest  point  was  reached  in  1889, 
when  $7,781  were  contributed  ;  the  lowest  in  1901  when  but 
$2,278  were  given,  making  an  average  per  year  for  the  last 
twenty-five  years,  $2,841.50;  and  to  church  support  during 


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the  same  period  the  largest  sum  appears  to  have  been  re- 
ceived in  1879  in  $18,517.25  ;  the  lowest  in  1885  in  $6,665.49. 
averaging  $10,764  annually. 

It  is  pleasant  to  note  that  patriotism  seems  to  have 
been  an  inborn  element  of  its  Presbvterianism.  In- 
stilled from  the  pulpit  all  through  the  stirring  times  and 
thrilling  episodes  of  the  Civil  W'ar,  no  note  of  discord 
or  symptom  of  wavering  faith  in  country  or  flag  ap- 
peared. The  Puritanism  that  could  deal  with  the  infam- 
ous delinquent,  with  stern  patriotism  ever  met  the  de- 
mands of  the  hour  and  with  the  close  of  the  war,  as  early 
as  1866,  with  the  ringing  in  of  freedom  and  peace  from 
out  the  "'fine  tower  bell  weighing  nearly  3,000  lbs. 
(which)  was  placed  in  one  of  the  towers  a  few  months 
since  (records  of  Feb.  26,  1864)  at  a  cost  of  about  $1,500." 
as  one  of  the  substantial  tokens  of  testimony  to  its  rejoic- 
ings it  was  desired,  further  says  the  record,  "that  the 
amount  allotted  to  this  church  ($150)  for  the  colored 
church  in  Charleston,  S.  Carolina,  be  raised  before 
spring,"  and  "raised  and  paid  over  to  the  Presbytery 
Committee"  it  accordingly  was.  Nor  does  the  chapter  of 
its  patriotism  close  here,  for  tradition  preserves  to  us  the 
information  that  as  in  times  of  national  rejoicing  its  bell 
and  the  nation's  colors  have  hailed  with  delight  the  glad 
events ;  so,  too,  in  times  of  our  country's  perils  and  sor- 
rows, they  have  tolled  and  draped  as  her  walls  have  been 
enshrouded  with  the  sombre  emblems  of  humility  and 
mourning,  bespeaking  the  hearts  of  those  whom  it  has  so 
faithfully  nurtured. 

Our  church  has  seldom  been  closed  to  public  worship. 
never  perhaps,  imless  for  renovation,  and  it  is  also  among 
the  traditions  that  toll  has  not  been  taken  for  admission 
to  her  sacred  precincts  on  any  occasion  ;  nor,  except  in 
cases  of  private  character  when  a  limited  attendance  has 
been  rendered  necessary,  has  barrier  of  any  sort  been 
raised  at  her  portals.  Dedicated  to  the  worship  of 
Almighty  God.  this  holy  temple  ever  stands  with  doors 


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wide  open,  inviting  whosoever  will  to  participate  in  her 
religious  rites,  other  uses  being  zealously  excluded.  And 
to  its  communion  have  been  gathered  a  multitude  from 
nearly  all  walks  of  life  to  listen  to  the  preached  word, 
and  the  ingathering  has  truly  been  the  fruition  of  faith- 
ful work,  accomplished  by  Divine  guidance,  under  those  two 
ministers  of  His,  who,  in  its  history  of  fifty  years,  alone 
have  pastored  this  flock. 

We  may  pause  here  and  consider  briefly  this  circum- 
stance, at  once  unique  and  remarkable : — 

Of  Dr.  Wilson  it  has  been  said,  "he  was  an  active,  zealous, 
christian  gentleman  and  a  most  devoted  minister;  his  intel- 
lectual gifts  were  ample,  his  mind  analytical  and  his  habits 
of  thought  logical  and  close.  His  sermons  were  remarkable 
for  their  elevated  style,  clear  reasoning  and  profound  re- 
search. 

"If  there  is  any  good  thing  in  heredity  Dr.  Wilson  must 
have  been  an  heir  to  genuine  Presbyterianism.  He  came 
of  the  sturdy  stock  of  Scotch-Irish  Presbyterian  ministers 
through  many  generations,  and  one  of  his  maternal  an- 
cestors was  in  the  band  of  thirteen  men  who  shut  the 
gate  of  Derry  against  the  soldiers  of  King  James  the 
First,  while  on  his  father's  side,  he  was  in  the  fifth  gen- 
erations of  ministers  in  this  country." 

The  limits  of  this  address  are  too  narrow  to  admit  of 
more  than  the  briefest  reference  to  this  man  whose 
saintly  memory  is  held  in  profoundest  reverence  gener- 
ally and  in  loving  affection  in  this  church  wherein  he 
built  his  very  life.  Master-builder  that  he  was,  the 
pledge  whereof  was  his  own  godliness  and  example  and 
his  absolute  fidelity  to  the  everlasting  Gospel.  Utterly 
fearless  and  outspoken  on  all  questions  of  his  time  that 
required  his  advocacy  or  defense,  and  with  the  courage 
of  a  prophet  of  old,  yet  he  had  the  tenderness  of  a  be- 
loved disciple.  With  overflowing  humor  and  ready  wit 
he  never  lost  his  dignity.  Inspiring  the  respect  of  all 
men,  the  little  children  being  drawn  to  him  by  his  gentle- 


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ness  and  sympathy  as.  in  both  their  sorrows  and  joys, 
were  also  the  people  he  so  loved.  With  so  charming  a  per- 
sonality and  faculties  unimpaired,  how  could  we,  his 
children,  realize  his  advancing  years?  But  the  fulness  of 
time  was  drawing  near,  the  three  score  and  ten  years 
had  passed  and  yet  another  decade  had  been  added  to  the 
already  well  filled  storehouse  of  good  works,  verily  the 
harvest  was  ripe  and  ready  for  the  reaper.  And  it  re- 
mained for  his  sorrowing,  grief-stricken  people  to  say 
"How  is  the  strong  staflf  broken  and  the  beautiful  rod." 
On  the  Friday  before  his  death,  he  returned  from  a  sum- 
mer trip  to  his  cottage  at  Lake  George  to  prepare  for 
the  season's  vacation  in  that  delightful  resort,  but  smitten 
with  fatal  disease,  aggravated  by  previous  over-exertion 
in  parochial  and  other  work  and  preparations  for  the 
meeting  of  the  General  Assembly  in  New  York,  from  the 
first  he  believed  it  to  be  his  last  sickness,  and  after  six 
days  of  increasing  sulTering  and  failing  of  heart  and  flesh, 
he.  on  the  twenty-second  day  of  May,  1889,  entered  into 
rest.  His  funeral  occurred  in  the  afternoon  of  May  25th. 
from  the  church.  Rev.  Dr.  Isaiah  B.  Hopwood,  of  Cal- 
vary Church,  made  a  short  and  impressive  prayer  pre- 
viously to  the  removal  of  the  casket  from  the  parsonage, 
from  whence,  headed  by  the  clergy  of  the  city,  the 
cortege  moved  to  the  church,  which  was  densely 
crowded.  The  liearers,  all  of  whom  were  members  of  the 
Session  and  Board  of  Trustees,  being  Ira  M.  Harrison, 
Archibald  Parkhurst,  David  C.  Dodd,  Jr.,  F.  Wolcott 
Jackson,  Daniel  Halsey,  Dr.  Reuben  M.  Sutphen.  John 
Y.  Foster.  George  W.  Howell,  .Andrew  Lemassena,  Jr., 
and  John  C.  Downing.  Rev.  Dr.  Findlay  made  a  short 
prayer.  Rev.  Dr.  Wm.  J.  R.  Taylor  read  from  the  pages  of 
the  pul])it  Bible,  worn  thin  by  the  frequent  touch  of  the  loving 
hands  through  his  thirty-six  years  pastorate,  the  Scripture 
selection  at  the  23d  Psalm.  Rev.  Dr.  Hastings,  of  Union 
Theological  Seminary,  New  York,  spoke  most  feelingly, 
and  Rev.  Dr.  Poor  delivered  the  invocation,  the  benedic- 


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tion  being  pronounced  by  Rev.  Dr.  Findlay.  Tlie  musical 
I)art  of  the  services  was  conducted  by  Mr.  Louis  Arthur 
Russell,  the  church  choirmaster,  who  with  his  choir,  ren- 
dered very  touchingly  the  selections  of  praise.  The  hon- 
ored remains  were  deposited  in  the  receiving  vault  at  Mt. 
Pleasant  Cemetery  and  were  afterward  interred. 

At  a  joint  meeting  of  the  church  boards  held  on  the  twen- 
ty-seventh tlay  of  May,  1889,  it  was  resolved  that  the  matter 
of  a  monument  and  memorial  tablet  commemorative  of  the 
services  and  worth  of  the  late  pastor  be  referred  to  a  com- 
mittee of  six  representing  the  Trustees,  the  Session  and  the 
Congregation,  to  report  to  the  congregation  as  such,  where- 
upon was  appointed  as  such  committee,  Ira  M.  Harrison  and 
John  Y.  Foster  of  the  Session,  Arthur  R.  Denman  and  P. 
Sanford  Ross  of  the  Trustees,  and  Noah  Brooks  and  Sam- 
uel Clark,  of  the  congregation,  and  a  committee  of  the  Ses- 
sion, at  the  same  meeting,  was  appointed  a  committee  to  pre- 
pare a  minute  touching  his  death,  which  consisting  of  John 
Y.  Foster,  David  C.  Dodd,  Jr.,  and  F.  Wolcott  Jackson,  re- 
ported the  following  at  the  first  subsequent  meeting  of  the 
session :  "In  the  death  of  James  P.  Wilson,  D.  D.,  which 
occurred  on  May  22,  1889,  the  South  Park  Presbyterian 
Church  has  sustained  a  great  bereavement  and  a  heavy  loss. 
He  was  the  first  as  he  has  been  the  only  pastor  of  the  church. 
For  thirty-six  years  he  has  gone  in  and  out  before  us,  and 
so  intimately  has  he  been  identified  with  the  life  and  growth 
and  tendencies  of  the  church,  that  the  history  of  his  services 
for  that  period  is,  in  the  largest  sense,  its  history  also.  He 
impressed  himself  indelibly  upon  all  our  enterprises ;  he  built 
himself  into  the  spiritual  fabric  which  has  here  found  form 
and  development.  Contemplating  his  worth  as  now  com- 
pleted, the  Session  of  the  Church  desire  to  record  their  un- 
qualified appreciation  of  his  fidelity  and  efficiency  in  all  the 
relations  which  he  sustained  to  the  church  and  the  commu- 
nity. He  was  a  preacher,  able,  positive,  vigorous.  Evangeli- 
cal and  withal  of  the  ripest  scholarship ;  he  never  compro- 


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mised  essential   principles:  he  never  hesitated  to  denounce 
falsehood  and  error : 

"He  never  sold  the  truth  to  serve  the  hour, 
Or  paltered  with  eternal  God  for  power." 

He  was  loyal  to  the  church  standards  of  doctrine  and  he 
preached  Christ  and  Him  only  as  the  Way,  the  Truth  and  the 
Life.  As  a  pastor  he  was  earnest,  tender,  faithful,  suffering: 
nothing-  to  interfere  with  his  performance  of  the  duty  of 
shepherding  the  flock  committed  to  his  care.  He  was  always 
and  everywhere  an  example  of  the  power  of  true  religion  in 
enriching  and  sanctifying  a  human  life  and  making  it  poten- 
tial for  good. 

Pure,  gentle,  Christ-like  in  so  far  as  sinful  man  can  be  like 
the  Master,  he  was  to  us  at  once,  pastor,  brother,  friend  and 
guide ;  and  we  shall  miss  him  sorely  in  all  the  activities  of 
the  church.  Rut  while  smitten  and  bereaved,  we  do  not  sor- 
row unduly.  He  has  gone  to  his  reward.  From  toil  and  con- 
flict, he  has  turned  to  his  throne  and  crown.  Thanking  God 
for  his  useful  life  and  triumphant  death,  we  record  this  poor 
testimony  to  his  worth,  and  inspired  by  his  career  and  exam- 
ple, take  up  the  work  he  has  left  with  our  faces  set  toward 
the  rest  into  which  he  has  entered." 

In  due  time  the  Committee  appointed  for  the  purpose  re- 
ported that  their  arrangements  had  so  far  matured  that  the 
mural  tablet,  placed  by  the  congregation  in  the  southwestern 
wall  of  the  church  was  ready  for  unveiling,  and  accordingly 
on  the  evening  of  February  28,  1890,  appropriate  memorial 
services  to  the  late  pastor  were  observed.  The  services  were 
a  beautiful  tribute  of  honor  and  love.  They  were  held  in  the 
church  edifice  and  were  opened  with  the  usual  devotional 
exercises.  Noah  Brooks,  on  the  part  of  the  committee  in 
charge,  presented  the  tablet  to  the  congregation.  The  pas- 
tor, Rev.  Lyman  Whitney  .'Mien,  accepted  it  on  the  part  of 
the  congregation  with  an  address  and  prayer,  followed  by 
an  anthem,  and  the  memorial  discourse  was  delivered  by  the 
Rev.  J.  Clement  French,  D.  D.     .\fter  praver  and  a  hymn. 


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the  benediction  was  pronounced.  The  inscription  read : 
"In  Memoriam.  James  Patriot  Wilson,  D.  D.,  Pastor  of 
this  church  from  its  foundation,  October  25,  1853,  unto  the 
day  of  his  death.  May  22,  1889. — 'I  have  not  shunned  to  de- 
clare unto  you  the  whole  counsel  of  God.'  "  It  may  be  of 
interest  to  mention  the  coincidence  that  the  themes  of  both 
Mr.  Brooks  and  Dr.  French  were  partly  suggested  bv  the 
epitaph  inscribed  on  the  monument  of  Sir  Christopher  Wren. 
"If  you  seek  his  monument,  look  around."  Dr.  French,  re- 
ferring to  his  domestic  life,  most  truly  said,  that  "for  fifty- 
four  years  he  was  the  devoted  husband  and  father  in  that 
home  which  to-day  is  bereft  of  its  patriarch,  priest  and  min- 
ister. Study  of  its  needs,  anticipation  of  its  wants,  sacrifice 
for  its  comforts,  prayer  and  labor  for  its  purity  and  peace, 
were  the  history  of  all  those  blessed  and  fruitful  years,  but 
the  ministrations,  sacrifices  and  labors  there  were  mutual. 
From  an  enumeration  of  the  subtle  and  mighty  forces  that 
upbuilded  this  pastor  into  the  breadth  and  efficiency  of  pro- 
fessional and  spiritual  life,  must  never  be  eliminated  the 
tender  sympathy,  the  constant  helpfulness,  the  rare  devo- 
tion of  his  life  companion.  By  her  own  testimony,  he  was 
a  stranger  to  petulance  or  moodiness.  Thrice  only  was  he 
seen  to  be  angry,  and  in  each  instance  it  was  the  righteous 
indignation  of  a  great  soul  with  wrong  and  sin.  This  is  not 
less  an  unconscious  testimony  to  the  equanimity  and  loving- 
ness  of  his  companion  than  a  direct  witness  to  the  imparted 
grace  of  Christ."  His  monument  was  subsequently  erected 
and  the  granite  memorial  may  be  seen  at  Mt.  Pleasant  Cem- 
etery on  the  bluff  overlooking  the  river,  whereon  is  inscribed 
the  epigraph  "J'itac  peracta.  Mortc  devicta.  Placide  quies- 
cat." 

It  has  been  noticed  that  our  deceased  pastor  previous  to 
his  last  illness  was  making  himself  ready  for  attendance  on 
the  General  Assembly  to  be  held  in  New  York  City.  God, 
moving  in  mysterious  way,  inclined  thither  another  of  his 
servants  baptized  with  the  Holy  Spirit  to  visit  that  great  con- 
vention  who  with  characteristic  graciousness   signified  his 


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willingTiess,  in  response  to  invitation,  to  fill  the  vacant  pulpit 
on  the  succeeding  Sabbath,  and  thus  it  appeared  in  the  public 
press  of  May  29,  1889,  immediately  following  an  account 
of  the  funeral  services  at  which  he  was  present  as  a  spectator, 
that  "The  pulpit  of  South  Park  Presbyterian  Church  will  be 
occupied  to-morrow,  by  Rev.  L\man  W.  Allen,  D.  D.,  of  St. 
Louis,  Mo." 

Said  Dr.  Allen  in  his  sermon :  "'To  the  mind  bowed  down 
with  grief,  human  aids  are  but  of  little  worth,  but  the  Holy 
Ghost,  the  Comforter,  showing  to  the  bereaved  the  light  of 
immortality,  the  blessed  example  of  the  Saviour  and  the  gate- 
way of  the  'house  eternal  in  the  heavens'  He  would  be  to 
them  sufficient  for  all  things."  And  so  comfortably  did  he 
speak  to  mourning  Zion  that,  at  a  joint  meeting  of  the  Ses- 
sion and  Trustees  convened  June  15,  1889,  to  consider  the 
course  to  be  taken  as  to  calling  a  pastor,  Ira  M.  Harrison, 
F.  Wolcott  Jackson  and  .Andrew  Lemassena,  Jr.,  were  ap- 
pointed a  committee  to  make  a  thorough  inquiry  as  to  the 
standing  and  availability  of  Mr.  Allen,  who  making  ready 
their  report,  pursuant  to  a  notice  read  from  the  pul- 
pit on  the  previous  Sabbath,  a  congregational  meeting 
was  held  in  the  lecture  room  on  Monday  evening,  July  22, 
1889,  ^^  8  o'clock,  with  Rev.  David  R.  Frazer,  D.  D.,  as 
moderator,  when  it  was  submitted  to  the  congregation  im- 
mediately after  the  opening  devotional  exercises.  John  Y. 
Foster  was  elected  clerk  of  the  meeting,  and  all  being  in 
readiness,  the  business  of  selecting  a  pastor  was  taken  up  and 
Ira  M.  Harrison,  as  chairman  of  the  Committee  of  Session, 
presented  the  committee  report,  stating  its  conclusion  to  be 
that  Rev.  Lyman  W.  Allen,  of  St.  Louis.  Mo.,  be  recom- 
mended to  the  church  as  its  pastor.  A  call  was  accordingh- 
unanimously  adopted  by  a  rising  vote,  and  F.  Wolcott  Jack- 
son and  David  C.  Dodd,  Jr.,  were  constituted  a  committee  to 
prosecute  the  call  with  Ira  M.  Harrison  and  Archibald  Park- 
hurst  as  alternates.  The  record  closes  with  the  following 
note  made  by  the  clerk :  "The  meeting  then  adjourned  with 
the  doxology  and  benediction.     It  was  marked  throughout 


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by  a  spirit  of  unanimity  and  by  evident  satisfaction  that  in 
its  important  work,  so  intimately  concerning  the  welfare  of 
the  church,  it  had  the  obvious  direction  of  the  Holy  Spirit." 

This  call  being  accepted  Dr.  (Mr.)  Allen  was  formally 
installed  as  pastor  on  the  evening  of  Thursday,  October  17, 
1889,  at  the  church  in  the  presence  of  a  very  large  audience. 
Rev.  I.  H.  Polhemus,  moderator  of  Newark  Presbytery, 
presided,  and  put  the  constitutional  questions.  He  invoked 
the  Divine  blessing  and  read  the  177th  Psalm,  after  which 
the  Rev.  A.  Nelson  Hollifield,  D.  D.,  pastor  of  Third  Pres- 
byterian Church,  preached  a  most  thoughtful  sermon  from 
the  text  "Where  there  is  no  vision,  the  people  perish ;"  Prov. 
XXIX:  18. 

Prayer  was  offered  by  Rev.  I.  B.  Hopwood,  D.  D.,  of  Cal- 
vary Presbyterian  Church.  The  charge  to  the  pastor-elect 
was  made  by  Rev.  J.  Clement  French,  D.  D.,  of  Park  Pres- 
byterian Church ;  and  the  charge  to  the  people  by  Rev.  Dr. 
Frazer,  D.  D.,  of  the  First  Church ;  the  services  being  closed 
with  benediction  by  the  pastor  were  deeply  interesting 
throughout. 

In  thus  attempting  to  recall  these  important  and  absorbing 
events,  we  have  anticipated  somewhat  chronological  order 
and  contemporaneous  happening.  For  these  let  us  now  turn 
back  a  short  space;  It  had  for  many  years  been  thought 
to  be  something  very  like  a  reproach  to  our  people  that  the 
lack  of  accommodations  appertaining  to  Sunday-school  and 
social  worship  in  the  rear  of  the  church  edifice  should  thus 
remain.  It  was  felt  that  the  arrangement  of  the  lecture 
room  was  wholly  inadequate  to  the  demands  made  on  it, 
while  as  for  the  Sunday-school  room,  it  was  in  yet  less  degree 
adapted  to  its  purposes,  being  both  antiquated  and  altogether 
inconvenient.  The  principal  cpncern  was  with  the  Sunday- 
school  room,  that,  for  years,  had  been  a  subject  of  criticism, 
particularly  by  those  engaged  there  in  that  important  work, 
and  accordingly,  at  a  meeting  of  the  Session  and  Trustees, 
with  the  pastor,  held  January  24,  1881,  a  resolution  was 
.adopted  referring  to  the  fact  that  the  growth  and  prosperity 


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of  the  Sunday-school  connected  with  the  church,  demanded 
increased  accommodations  in  its  rooms,  and  it  was  deemed  an 
absohite  necessity  that  certain  alterations,  improvements  and 
repairs  be  made  to  the  then  present  building. 

Measures  were  thereupon  adopted  for  the  accom- 
plishment of  this  end ;  Ira  M.  Harrison,  David  C.  Dodd, 
Jr.,  Schuyler  B.  Jackson,  Isaac  N.  Doty  and  F.  Wolcott 
Jackson  were  appointed  a  Building  Committee,  and 
Francis  N.  Torrey,  Silas  C.  Halsey,  Andrew  Lemassena, 
Jr.,  Allen  L.  Bassett  and  James  E.  Harrison,  a  Finance 
Committee,  the  trustees  being  requested  to  prepare  a 
statement  to  the  congregation  of  the  general  purpose  of 
the  meeting.  These  committees  at  a  subsequent  meeting 
reported  much  encouragement  and  the  Building  Com- 
mittee was  authorized  to  decide  on  a  plan  to  be  pre- 
sented with  estimates.  At  this  time  also  Mrs.  Wilson 
and  Mrs.  Bassett,  the  heads  of  the  infant  depart- 
ment, were  invited  to  be  present  and  participate  at  the 
next  meeting.  Very  much  discussion  appears  to  have 
been  had  as  to  the  extent  to  which  these  improvements 
should  be  carried,  and  it  was  in  February  that  the  proj- 
ect of  including  both  floors  in  these  alterations  was  for- 
mally proposed  when  both  "one  floor"  and  "two  floor"  plans 
were  required  of  the  Building  Committee.  This  particular 
duty  being  entrusted  to  Messrs.  David  C.  Dodd,  Jr.,  and  S. 
B.  Jackson,  they  procured  the  same  to  be  submitted  with  esti- 
mates. Much  earnest  and  emphatic  conversation  was 
had  between  the  brethren,  for  as  the  plans  developed  so 
also  did  the  estimate  of  their  probable  cost,  and  it  was 
by  some  thought  that  to  then  incur  the  expense  might 
imperil  the  church  finances  in  ordinary  which  but  two 
years  before  had  been  restored  to  a  normal  basis  by  the 
liquidation  and  payment  of  the  $8,000  mortgage  thereto- 
fore a  lien  on  the  church  edifice.  But  South  Park 
Church  was  again  responding  to  the  call  of  duty.  The 
Finance  Committee  was  proceeding  with  its  work  of  pro- 
curing   subscriptions    even    though    the    demands    for    the 


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ordinan  church  expenses  must  be  provided,  for  the  emer- 
gency was  great  and  the  necessity  urgent.  On  a  vote  being 
taken,  the  "two  floor"  plan  was  adopted  by  a  large  majority 
of  the  joint  boards  and  the  practical  rebuilding  of  this 
"parish  house"  determined  on  and  the  work  subsequently 
prosecuted  to  its  completion. 

The  re-opening  exercises  were  observed  in  the  new 
Sunday  School  room  on  Sunday  afternoon,  October  23, 
1881,  in  a  most  appropriate  manner,  a  large  repre- 
sentation from  the  Chapel  school,  many  of  the  congrega- 
tion and  a  number  of  strangers  being  present.  Mr.  Louis 
A.  Russell,  church  organist,  presided  at  the  piano,  Mr. 
Arthur  R.  Denman,  chorister,  and  Misses  Whittemore, 
Kirkhoff  and  Vinson  rendered  a  trio  selection ;  there  were 
responsive  readings  and  addresses  by  the  pastor,  David 
C.  Dodd,  Jr.,  Superintendent,  Gen.  Joseph  C.  Jackson  and 
Rev.  Samuel  Macpherson,  pastor  of  Alunn  .A-venue  Pres- 
byterian Church,  East  Orange ;  Rev.  Dr.  Samuel  H.  Hall 
closed  the  exercises  with  prayer  and  a  benediction.  It 
is  regrettable  that  no  record  of  the  cost  of  this  achievement, 
which  practically  amounted  to  the  erection  of  a  new  building 
with  new  furnishings,  is  at  hand,  although  various  estimates 
of  the  whole  expense  approximate  $5,000. 

It  may  be  of  passing  interest  to  recall  that  in  the  year 
1885  was  introduced  the  present  hymn  book.  "Laudes 
Domini,"  superseding  "Songs  for  the  Sanctuary,"  which 
had  down  to  that  time  been  used,  the  reason  for  the 
change,  as  the  good  pastor  explains  in  a  note  on  the 
subject,  "The  present  book  being  out  of  print  and  no  copies 
to  be  anywhere  purchased." 

Much  miscellaneous  work  was  bestowed  in  and  about 
the  church  during  two  or  three  years  following  the  Sunday- 
school  alterations  and  cellar  excavation.  New  and  modern 
furnaces  were  obtained  and  important  changes  made  in  the 
heating  of  the  whole  structure,  adding  much  to  the  comfort 
of  the  people,  and  the  south  tower  having  been  struck  by 
lightning  and  requiring  extensive  repair  led  to  a  general  ex- 


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amination  and  repointint;-  of  both  towers  and  the  stone  work 
of  the  building. 

Beyond  the  occasional  replacing  of  such  of  the  fur- 
nishings as  have  from  time  to  time  been  found  necessary, 
nothing  has  been  attempted  in  the  interior  by  way  of 
alteration  or  improvement,  excepting  that  the  organ  was 
somewhat  added  to  in  1881,  and  in  the  year  1893,  on 
the  recommendation  of  Louis  Arthur  Russell,  whose 
efficient  service  as  organist  and  chorister  covering  a 
yeriod  of  about  seventeen  years  and  large  experience 
qualifying  him  an  expert,  his  advice  and  assistance  led 
the  Board  of  Trustees  to  rebuild  and  greatly  enlarge  this 
important  factor  in  church  service  at  an  expense  approx- 
imating $3,600;  and  in  1891  when  the  pulpit  platform 
was  enlarged  to  its  present  and  better  proportions  with 
its  setting.  At  this  time  also  betterments  were  bestowed 
on  the  infant  class  room  and  church  parlor  adding  much 
to  their  facility  and  appearance,  the  ladies  having  charge 
of  the  progress  of  the  work  being  complimented  by  the 
Session  in  bringing  to  pass  these  much  needed  and  satis- 
factory results. 

Reference  to  the  local  mission  work  as  a  cherished 
object  has  before  been  made:  as  formerly  so  is  it  now. 
This  mission  work  has  ever  been  one  of  the  leading 
interests  of  our  church  and  from  small  beginnings  prose- 
cuted in  Mulberry  chapel,  its  labors  in  that  field  and  sub- 
sequently have  been  advancing  steadily.  Perhaps  the 
growth  here  was  most  emphasized  and  noticeable  in  the 
period  of  the  efficient  management  and  ministrations  of 
John  Y.  Foster  from  .May  1875  to  his  death  in  1896.  For 
twenty-one  years  Mr.  Foster  brought  to  the  discharge 
of  his  duties  as  Superintendent  his  genial  personality  and 
the  great  intellectual  force  for  which  he  was  so  justly 
famous,  his  spirit  of  devoted  consecration  soon  and  for 
long  made  itself  apparent  by  greatly  increased  numbers 
coming  within  his  gracious  influence  and  actuated  both 
teachers    and    taught    with    full    measure    of    tiiat    fervent 


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spirit  and  zeal  that  so  largely  characterized  him  a  lead- 
er. It  was  from  this  time  that  was  felt  most  urgently 
the  limitations  of  the  narrow  confines  of  the  chapel  build- 
ing, and  it  was  because  of  this  development  that  its  near- 
ness to  the  parish  appeared  somewhat  to  embarrass  the 
work  by  reason  of  a  seeming  overlapping  of  the  fields  of 
effort.  Therefore  was  born  the  practical  idea  and  aim 
to  seek  a  larger  building  in  the  wider  opportunity  lying 
in  the  lower  eastern  section  of  the  city,  long  a  field  for  eftort 
at  our  very  threshold. 

As  early  as  1861,  in  dealing  with  the  subject  of 
finance  when  the  clearing  of  the  church  edifice  debt 
was  eflfected  in  that  3'ear,  the  committee  having  the  mat- 
ter in  charge  seemed  of  the  opinion  that  of  the  outstand- 
ing debt  remaining  the  additional  amounts  to  be  realized 
from  the  ultimate  sale  or  disposal  of  the  Mulberry 
Street  Chapel  would  provide  ample  assets  to  cancel  the 
whole  obligation  of  indebtdness.  From  this  it  may  be 
inferred  that  the  idea  of  selling  Mulberry  Chapel  had  its 
inception  at  a  comparatively  early  period,  and  the  sub- 
sequent minutes  and  proceedings  of  both  church  boards 
seemed  to  indicate  periodical  revivals  of  the  purpose. 
Mulberry  Chapel,  although  a  subject  of  varied  and  fre- 
quent repair,  remained  the  same  rather  diminutive  house 
of  worship  that  characterized  it  as  the  "City  Mission" 
down  to  1888,  when  plans  were  considered  for  its  en- 
largement: again  in  1897  the  subject  was  taken  up  and 
plans  and  estimates  of  cost  for  alterations  submitted,  but 
owing  to  the  age  of  the  structure,  the  peculiarities  in  its 
construction  and  the  growing  vision  of  a  new  building, 
the  plans  never  materialized  beyond  some  slight  adapta- 
tion of  the  rear  to  the  requirements  of  the  infant  class. 
In  1884,  the  northerly  lot  of  the  curtilage  was  leased  and 
a  small  store  erected  thereon  and  the  rentals  from  this 
constituted  a  sinking  fund  for  application  to  the  reduc- 
tion of  the  mortgage  indebtedness  then  existing  on  the 
property. 


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111  1887  a  Ijible  Reader  was  employed  in  con- 
nection with  the  work  here,  and  in  1889  the  Young 
People's  Association  and  kindred  societies,  organized  as 
the  Society  of  Christian  Endeavor,  advised  the  Session 
that  they  had  here  opened  a  reading  room  for  young  men 
over  eighteen  years  of  age ;  that  in  the  evenings  a  place 
might  be  found  for  select  reading,  innocent  amusement 
and  a  place  of  resort  to  substitute  the  saloon  ;  to  which 
society  and  its  work  the  Session  most  distinctly  set  its 
approval. 

That  the  i)ractical  outworking  of  the  missionary  spirit 
of  our  church  thus  inaugurated  was  in  progress  of  de- 
velopment became  a  matter  of  common  knowledge 
among  those  keeping  in  touch  with  the  inner  life  of  the 
church,  and  they  were  quite  prepared  when  in  1890  the 
Board  of  Trustees  received  a  communication  from  the 
Young  People's  Union  urging  co-operation  in  procuring 
enlarged  quarters  for  reading  room  and  mission  accom- 
modations, and  felt  much  encouraged  when  informed 
that  through  the  interest  and  liberality  of  Andrew  LeMas- 
sena,  Jr.,  President  of  the  board,  a  three  story  building 
had  been  by  him  purchased  and  fitted  up  and  full  and 
free  use  of  it  given  for  maintaining  the  reading  room 
which  had  been  opened  therein  at  No.  124  South  street, 
directly  in  the  heart  of  the  district  described  by  Dr.  Wil- 
son three  years  before,  on  the  occasion  of  arranging  a 
thorough  house  to  house  visitation  with  design  to  reach 
the  population  and  as  far  as  possible  induce  attendance 
on  church  and  Sunday  School,  when  he  stated  that  "the 
attention  of  the  Session  had  been  called  to  the  great 
destitution  of  the  southeastern  portion  of  the  city,  over 
the  railroad,  where  a  large  part  of  the  population  were 
practically  without   church  privileges." 

The  reading  room  thus  established  immediately  be- 
came the  principal  centre  around  which  revolved  and 
from  which  radiated  the  local  institutional  work,  for 
while  the  mission  home  was  yet  in  l\Iulberry  Chape!  the 


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foothold  here  obtained  was  recognized  as  the  first  visible 
step  in  the  ri,a:ht  direction  whither  had  tended  the 
efforts  and  labor  of  all  the  years  of  our  church,  and  it 
was  apparent  that  the  hand  of  God  was  in  the  movement 
in  interesting  the  youth,  affording  them  a  place  of  decent 
entertainment,  withdrawing  them  from  the  streets  and 
actually  closing  some  of  the  adjacent  low  drinking 
places. 

It  was  now  found  that  an  addition  to  the  working 
staff  was  needed.  For  the  ingathering  of  the  harvest  of 
good  seeds  so  abundantly  sown  with  the  aid  of  the 
pastor  who  had  been  translated  to  the  upper  sanctuary 
and  the  labors  and  encouragement  of  his  equally  faith- 
ful successor,  acting  under  the  direction  of  the  same  Holy 
Spirit  which  animated  the  one,  the  other  seeing  the  necessity 
and  its  permanency,  an  evangelist  and  visitor  was  added  to 
the  workers.     This  was  in  1891. 

But  before  this  time  it  had  become  apparent  that  the  day 
of  temporary  expedients  and  A'lulberry  Chapel  itself 
had  become  inadequate  to  the  demands.  Anticipating 
this,  this  band  of  prayer  and  purpose,  soon  after  Dr. 
Wilson's  demise,  instituted  a  fund.  This  institution  be- 
came known  as  the  Wilson  Memorial  Fund,  its  purpose 
being  to  aid  in  securing  a  chapel  home  in  the  vicinity 
in  which  the  South  street  reading  room  was  afterwards 
conducted.  This  fund,  under  careful  management,  had 
been  added  to  and  by  1894,  had  grown  to  considerable 
proportions,  insufficient,  however,  to  accomplish  with- 
out augmentation,  the  purpose  of  its  foundation.  It  was 
therefore  suffered  to  accumulate  and  wait  the  favorable 
moment  for  its  legitimate  application.  In  the  meantime 
the  work  grew  and  flourished,  not  without  the  hin- 
drances, the  struggles,  the  doubts  and  fears  that  are 
always  incidental  to  accomplishment  by  human  agency. 

One  of  the  greatest  trials  to  their  faith  in  this  inter- 
val was  the  loss  by  death  of  their  consecrated  leader, 
Mr.  John  Y.  Foster,  of  whom  it  was  most  truly  said  that 


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he  was  a  man  of  faith  and  jjrayer.  In  many  a  humble 
home  had  he  stood  beside  the  suffering  and  the  dying, 
beside  the  casket  of  the  little  child  and  of  the  aged 
mother  and  lifted  his  voice  in  prayer  and  spoken  words 
of  comfort  to  the  stricken.  All  felt  that  we  not  only  suf- 
fered a  personal  bereavement,  but  had  lost  him  in- 
deed with  whom  seemed  to  rest  so  much  of  the  suc- 
cess of  this  purpose,  to  which  he  and  they  had  with 
yearning  long  looked  forward.  He,  alas,  would  never 
see  it  with  mortal  eye;  would  we?  It  was  in  this  hour, 
as  in  another  of  sorrow  and  trial,  that  was  sent  to  us  the 
message  and  example  of  courage  and  patience  in  the 
person  of  our  pastor  who  from  that  time  forth  became 
as  by  natural  selection  the  leader  in  the  accomplishment 
of  this  long  cherished  hope. 

When  the  days  of  mourning  were  accomplished, 
again  was  the  line  of  battle  formed  and  given  the  word 
of  command ;  forward :  The  day  was  now  indeed  at  hand. 
(J)n  the  30th  of  June,  1899,  Dr.  Allen  was,  by  the  Session, 
desired  to  appoint,  if  he  found  it  wise,  a  committee  of 
business  men  from  the  congregation  to  act  with  the 
chapel  committee  in  arranging  the  details  for  finance  and 
securing  a  proper  site  for  and  building  a  new  chapel.  This 
committee,  with  the  pastor,  consisted  of  Samuel  Clark, 
Oscar  E.  Day,  C.  Edwin  Young,  J.  Bowman  Thompson 
and  Arthur  R.  Denman,  whose  unanimous  choice,  a 
location  at  the  corners  formed  by  the  intersection  of 
South  and  Dawson  streets,  was  by  them  deemed  the  most  de- 
sirable from  every  point  of  view  and  almost  the  geo- 
graphical centre  of  the  district  sought  to  be  reached  and 
benefited. 

From  these  gentlemen  was  selected  one  to  personally 
canvass  the  situation  and  obtain  prices  and  terms  of 
purchase,  who  reported  available  the  two  lots  with  cot- 
tage house  known  as  Nos.  177  and  179  South  street  at 
$2,200,  and  the  vacant  corner  lot  No.  181  South  street 
at  $500,   together   forming  a  plot   on   the  southwesterly 


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corner,  91  feet  on  South  street  by  100  feet  in  depth,  when 
their  immediate  purchase  was  ordered  ;  and  another  commit- 
tee of  three,  consisting-  of  the  pastor,  George  W.  Howell 
and  Samuel  Clark,  appointed  to  especially  consider 
whether  for  any  cause  whatsoever  reasonable  objection 
to  this  location  might  be  found,  sanctioned  it. 

After  much  reflection  and  study  of  needs,  the  actual 
work  so  long  hoped  for,  labored  for,  prayed  for,  was 
begun,  nor  was  it  lightly  begun  without  thought  for  the 
future;  it  was  begun  with  supplication  for  God's  bless- 
ing, begun  with  the  full  sense  of  the  responsibility  of 
sundering  the  old  Chapel  home,  begun  in  the  light  of 
an  experience  with  the  needs  and  necessities  of  those 
sought  to  be  ministered  to,  begun  with  a  firm  resolve 
that  neither  debt  nor  lien  for  debt  should  be  perman- 
ently incurred  or  placed  on  this  structure,  thereby  to 
hinder  and  paralyze  the  efTorts  of  those  engaged  in  that 
department  of  usefulness,  but  that  it  should  ever  remain 
immune  with  motto ;  pay  as  zve  go  or  go  without,  but 
no  debt.  This  has  been  strictly  adhered  to,  and  it  is  to 
this  pledge  that  is  ascribed,  together  with  high  spiritual 
impulse,  the  fact  that  most,  though  not  all,  of  its  con- 
tributions have  come  unasked  on  the  wants  being  made 
known,  and  providing  the  cost  in  some  $15,000,  as  com- 
pleted at  the  present  time. 

But  again  were  we  called  to  sorrow.  This  time  our  tears 
were  commingled  with  his  whom  our  hearts  had  learned  to 
love  as  an  elder  brother ;  whose  sympathies  and  concern  have 
ever  from  his  coming  to  us  been  for  us,  the  church  com- 
mitted to  his  care.  The  shadow  of  bereavement  in  the  death 
of  his  life  companion,  the  wife  of  his  bosom,  was  drawing 
near  our  pastor's  home.  On  the  29th  of  March,  1900,  Dr. 
Allen  was  called  to  mourn  the  death  of  his  wife,  Mrs.  Myra 
Irwin  Allen,  after  a  few  weeks'  illness.  Fitted  by  nature  and 
training  to  stand  by  him  with  womanly  aid  and  counsel  and 
maintain  her  appointed  place  in  the  spiritual  and  social  life 
of  church  and  community  and  the  idolized   centre  of  his 


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home,  we,  his  people,  were  most  profoundly  afflicted  as  a 
church  and  congregation,  as  well  personally,  by  the  sense  of 
our  loss,  for  we  had  learned  to  regard  her  with  highest  es- 
teem, entertaining  a  respect  for  her  character  made  beauti- 
ful by  mental  attainment,  personal  charm  and  exalted  Chris- 
tian virtues  and  devotion.  God's  will  be  done.  With  the 
prayers  of  his  people  sustaining  him  as  they  had  been  poured 
out  for  the  sainted  wife  and  mother,  with  the  everlasting 
arms  around  him,  with  a  new  baptism  of  fire  and  the  Holy 
Spirit  on  him  :  from  mourning,  his  hand  was  soon  reached 
out  seeking  to  take  up  again  the  work  thus  shaken  from  its 
grasp,  and  with  renewed  effort  and  redoubled  energy  was  it 
resumed  as  though  born  of  great  sorrows. 

The  work  begun  was  progressing,  and  the  corner  stone 
laying  was  observed  with  appropriate  religious  services  on 
the  afternoon  of  Sunday,  May  6th,  1900.  Dr.  Allen  opened 
with  prayer,  and  after  singing,  addresses  were  made  by  the 
Pastor,  Charles  M.  Russell  and  Arthur  R.  Denman,  and  the 
following  articles  are  contained  in  a  bo.\  deposited  in  it : 
Copy  of  minutes  of  first  meeting  for  the  consideration  of 
Mulberry  Street  Chapel,  held  April,  1851  ;  a  history  in 
brief  of  its  work  to  date;  photographs  of  Rev.  Dr.  Wilson, 
Dr.  Allen  and  Hon.  John  Y.  Foster;  a  Sunday  School  paper 
and  copy  of  Newark  Evening  i\'ews.  May  5th,  1900:  a 
weekly  service  calendar  of  this  church  :  and  a  sealed  letter 
containing  a  statement  of  an  anonymous  gift  of  $1,000  made 
to  the  building  fund  with  the  name  of  the  donor. 

With  the  laying  of  the  corner  stone  the  chapel  was  desig- 
nated South  Park  Memorial  Chapel.  As  already  intimated 
when  referring  to  the  building  fund  established  shortly  after 
the  death  of  Dr.  WiLson,  some  thought  to  name  the  chapel 
as  a  memorial  to  his  honored  name.  But  Mr.  Foster's  de- 
mise intervening  and  the  former  date  being  then  several 
years  distant  and  nearly  eleven  years  off  when  the  corner 
stone  was  laid,  a  new  generation  of  boys  and  girls  had 
grown  up  whose  memories  beginning  with  Mr.  Foster,  only, 
as  the  chief  it  seemed  to  them  that  that  good  man  was  the 


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more  closely  identified  with  the  institution.  Again,  this  new 
environment,  the  neiejhborhood  of  its  building,  knew  neither 
name  sufficiently  well  to  fully  appreciate  its  significance  as  a 
touchstone  in  its  application  to  this  chapel,  and  the  lapse  of 
time  would,  ere  many  years,  bedim  and  largely  efface  the 
tender  recollections  of  these  great  personalities  and  ulti- 
mately the  names  alone  would  survive.  Not  so  with  God's 
church.  It  must  stand  forever,  and  even  supposing  that  for 
any  future  reason  the  name  of  the  society  be  disused:  Its 
work  and  history  would  be  destined  to  abide  as  long  as 
our  fair  city  should  stand.  What  then  more  appropriate 
than  to  bestow  the  name  of  the  sanctuary  by  them  loved, 
and  in  which  they  wrought,  and  wherewith  are  associated 
the  liigh  ideals  for  which  they  both  stood  and  whose  people 
rallied  around  them  in  their  mutually  hard  won  battles  for 
God  and  right?  And  so  it  was  concluded  for  these  and 
other  reasons  to  be  most  appropriate  and  in  consonance  with 
their  wishes,  if  expressed,  that  the  new  establishment  be 
named  as  a  memorial  of  its  parent  church  and  it  and  its  work 
were  so  dedicated  accordingly. 

The  dedication  services  occurred  on  Sunday,  November 
25:h,  igoo,  and  were  very  simple  in  character.  No  cere- 
mony accompanied  the  leave  taking  and  departure  from  Mul- 
berry Chapel,  except  that  the  Sunday-school  was  formed  in 
procession  and  headed  by  the  Superintendent,  Oscar  E.  Day, 
and  the  other  officers,  proceeded  to  its  new  chapel  home 
where  on  taking  possession  prayers  were  ofi^ered  and  infor- 
mal addresses  made  by  Rev.  Dr.  Allen  and  others  with 
singing  by  the  school  and  South  Park  Memorial  Chapel  be- 
came an  accomplished  fact ;  beneath  whose  roof  and  among 
whose  institutions  are  now  a  reading  room,  gymnasium, 
bowling  alley  and  club  house  representing  !iterar\',  sewing, 
baseball  and  other  clubs,  besides  some  ten  societies  connected 
with  its  Sunday-school  and  kindred  work.  The  bowling  al- 
ley was  the  last  addition,  its  construction  being  largely  aided 
by  the  personal  efforts  and  munificence  of  James  F.  Bless, 
who  with  some  others,  notably  James  S.  Hig'bie  and  Samuel 


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Clark,  secured  its  completion,  and  it  stands  to-day  without 
indebtedness  presided  over  by  our  pastor's  assistant,  Rev. 
.Stuart  Nye  Hutchison,  who  is  the  successor  of  Revs.  Henry 
S.  Brown  and  Frank  E.  Simmons,  called  to  other  fields  of 
ministerial  work. 

Among  the  most  beautiful  incidents  associated  with 
the  enterprise  must  not  be  omitted  of  mention  the  re- 
sponsiveness of  our  people,  and  while  not  given  to  self- 
adulation,  it  would  be  palpable  injustice  to  this  narrative 
to  pass  without  notice  this  most  gratifying  feature  of  the 
work.  Again  "silent  and  earnest"  without  flourish  or 
demonstration  that  necessary  concomitant  to  prayerful 
effort,  a  prayerful  offering,  was  evidenced  in  a  most  re- 
markable manner.  Of  the  cost  of  the  building  site  in 
$2,700  a  permanent  loan  of  $2,000  was  contributed  by 
two  of  the  lady  members  of  our  church,  the  first  con- 
tribtition  for  the  building  being,  as  has  been  said,  anony- 
mous in  the  sum  of  $1,000.  Numerous  other  amounts  in 
varying  siuiis  were  given  by  members  of  the  congregation, 
the  sum  of  $500  from  another  lady  member  forming  the 
nucleus  of  a  General  Endowment  Fund,  all,  tokens  of  the 
donors'  devotion  to  this  work  inaugurated  by  Him  who  went 
about  doing  good. 

A  church  debt  has  ever  been  distasteful  here  and 
although  at  times  it  has  seemed  inevitable,  our  people 
never  recognize  it  as  a  permanent  condition  when  asso- 
ciated with  their  place  of  worship.  In  the  year  1879  was 
concelled  the  last  mortgage  lien  on  the  church  edifice 
in  $8,000.  In  1895,  the  Mulberry  Chapel  mortgage  was 
reduced  from  $4,000  when  a  new  mortgage  in  $3,000  was 
substituted  and  which  on  the  sale  of  the  chapel  property 
in  1901  was  subsequently  discharged.  The  exigencies 
of  the  hour  have  from  time  to  time  seemed  to  make 
floating  indebtednesses  temporary  necessities.  The  last  of 
these  had  its  inception  about  the  time  of  rebuilding  the 
church  organ,  and  subsequent  requirements  brought 
about  the  negotiation  of  various  time  loans  secured  by 


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notes  of  hand  until  the  floating  debt  in  1899  approxi- 
mated $9,000.  In  the  month  of  May  of  that  year  was 
anonymously  contributed  two  $1,000  bills  paid  directly 
to  Dr.  Allen,  one  of  which  as  indicated,  was  for  appli- 
cation to  the  chapel  building  fund,  while  the  other  was 
for  application  to  the  church  floating  debt.  This  very 
substantial  beginning  led  to  further  generous  contribu- 
tions to  the  same  purpose  by  other  members  of  church 
and  congregation,  which  under  the  able  generalship  of 
our  pastor  inspired  a  united  effort,  and  although  at  the 
same  time  contributions  to  the  new  chapel  were  being 
made,  this  annoying  debt  was  then  discharged  and  the 
people,  freed  of  its  thralldom,  made  hearty  resolve  that 
thereafter  there  should  be  no  liability  contracted  beyond 
the  regularly  authorized  church  running  expenses  with- 
out either  the  cash  in  hand  to  pay  the  same,  or  the  knowl- 
edge and  consent  of  the  congregation  first  had  and  ob- 
tained.    Alay  it  ever  be  thus. 

The  record  of  our  Sunday  Schools  being  presented 
I'lsewhere  in  detailed  form,  it  is  unnecessary  to  review  it 
at  length  here,  but  a  word  in  recognition  of  these  fac- 
tors of  the  church  and  their  faithful  workers  is  none 
the  less  due,  and  no  greater  tribute  nor  one  more  expres- 
sive of  their  sustained  excellence  can  be  paid  than  this 
note  by  Dr.  Wilson  made  in  1883,  when  he  says :  "The 
additions  to  the  church  *  *  *  were  the  results  of  the 
silent  work  of  the  Holy  Spirit  on  the  hearts  of  the  young 
people  of  the  church  principally  through  the  agency  of 
the  Sunday  School  and  the  increased  activity  of  the 
Young  People's  Association."  When  it  is  considered 
that  the  Young  People's  Association  referred  to,  as  with 
the  later  Society  of  Christian  Endeavor,  are  chiefly  of 
the  Sunday  School  attendance,  the  force  of  his  observa- 
tion may  be  appreciated.  It  is  not  so  much  in  the  numbers 
as  in  the  consecration  of  these  workers  that  is  so  com- 
mendatory and  potential  in  the  church  life.  Consecration 
counts    for   niuch,   numbers,   as   such,   but   little,   and   it   is 


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trom  such  sources  must  the  church  ever  look  for  its  acces- 
sions and  trained  "doers  of  the  Word." 

The  names  of  the  elders  comprising  the  First  Session 
as  stated  were  Samuel  P.  Smith,  Aaron  Carter,  Jr.,  Seth 
W.  Magie,  Aaron  C.  Johnson  and  David  Joline.  On  the 
May  1st,  1859,  the  growing  church  found  it  necessary 
to  add  to  these,  and  as  a  result  of  the  election  had  for 
the  purpose,  Ralph  Pierson,  Archibald  Parkhurst  and 
William  A.  Crane  were  chosen  and  duly  set  apart  in 
manner  provided  by  the  rules  of  government  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church.  Again  on  July  3d,  1866,  a  new  ne- 
cessity, was  experienced  for  increasing  the  eldership 
when  Ira  M.  Harrison,  Francis  N.  Torrey,  Dr.  Addi- 
son W.  Woodhull  and  F.  Wolcott  Jackson  were  selected ; 
the  latter  gentleman  declining  to  serve,  the  others  were 
ordained  accordingly.  For  the  third  time,  on  May  ist, 
1872,  it  was  added  to  by  the  ordination  of  Augustus  I. 
Gillett,  Daniel  Halsey,  F.  Wolcott  Jackson,  David  C. 
Dodd,  Jr.,  and  Theodore  F.  Johnson  to  that  sacred  office. 
Three  times  also  within  the  last  twenty-five  years  has 
it  been  deemed  necessary,  because  of  depletion  from  their 
number,  to  recruit  the  Session  by  the  installation  of  addi- 
tional ruling  elders.  The  first  of  these  occasions,  at  an 
election  in  1886,  resulting  in  the  election  of  John  Y. 
Foster,  Aaron  M.  King,  George  W.  Howell  and  Dr.  Reu- 
ben M.  Sutphen,  and  their  being  so  set  apart.  In  1894, 
Charles  M.  Russell,  George  S.  Clapp  and  Samuel  Clark  were 
elected,  ordained  and  installed,  and  the  last  occasion, 
February  17,  1903,  when  James  S.  Higbie,  H.  Monroe 
DeLong,  C.  Edwin  Young  and  Arthur  R.  Denman  were 
elected,  Messrs.  Young  and  Denman  being  then  or- 
dained, the  others  having  been  previously  ordained  to 
the  like  service  in  other  churches,  Mr.  Higbie  in  Park 
Presbyterian  Church  of  this  city  and  ]\Ir.  DeLong  in  the 
Presbyterian  Church  at  Richfield  Springs,  New  York, 
all  were  installed  in  the  sacred  office  on  the  following 
Sunday  morning.     The  installation  services  of  all  these 


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accessions  to  the  Session  on  their  various  occasions  beings 
conducted  in  all  respects  according  to  the  requirements 
of  the  Directory  for  Worship  of  the  Presbyterian  Church, 
and  the  members  of  the  existing  session  giving  the  right 
hand  of  fellowship  at  the  conclusion  of  the  solemn  ser- 
vice. In  all  of  these  cases  the  services  were  conducted 
by  the  pastor  of  the  church  and  were  calculated  to  make 
a  favorable  impression  on  all  present. 

At  the  congregational  meeting  last  referred  to  in 
which  male  and  female  members  alike  participated,  action 
of  the  Session  was  reported  by  the  clerk  of  that  body 
recommending  that  a  Board  of  Deacons  be  created  and 
elected  for  service.  The  pastor  supplemented  the  report 
by  stating  that  the  business  afifairs  of  the  church  greatly 
needed  this  Scripturally  authorized  aid  in  the  adminis- 
tration of  its  temporalities.  Nine  gentlemen  were  there- 
upon elected,  of  whom  three  declining  service  the  vacan- 
cies were  supplied  by  the  Session,  and  after  the  ordina- 
tion of  elders  the  following  were  duly  installed  into  that 
responsible  office,  Sunday  morning,  February  22,  1903 : 
William  F.  Ryerson,  Dr.  Joseph  S.  Vinson  and  Dr. 
Joseph  C.  Young  each  three  years:  Clarence  T.  Piatt, 
Sylvanus  D.  Sheppard  and  Frederick  W.  Paul,  each  two 
years ;  Samuel  Prescott  Lazarus,  Henry  T.  Freeman  and 
James  Prentice  each  one  year.  While  the  Board  of  Dea- 
cons is  as  yet  new  to  this  church,  its  zeal  and  activity 
already  exhibited  in  looking  after  its  welfare  is  proof  of 
the  wisdom  of  its  establishment. 

Very  much  effective  work  has  been  accomplished  by 
the  Board  of  Trustees  elected  yearly  at  the  annual  church 
business  meeting  of  the  congregation.  Fortunately  these 
selections  have  invariably  been  made  from  among  men 
familiar  with  business  management  and  finance  as  has 
time  and  again  been  exemplified,  for  on  this  board  has 
hitherto  fallen  the  burden  and  responsibility  of  ways  and 
means  and  .giving  of  practical  results  in  the  administration 
of  affairs.     As  with   the  Session   so  with   the   Board  of 


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Trustees,  their  numbers  have  from  time  to  time  been 
added  to  because  of  decimation  by  death  or  removal  of 
its  officers.  Since  1878;  Silas  C.  Halsey,  from  1875,  re- 
mairied  its  president  until  1882,  being  succeeded  by 
Henry  N.  Parkhurst.  In  1883  Andrew  LeMassena,  Jr. 
became  its  president  and  so  remained  until  1895,  when 
after  twelve  years  of  faithful  service,  ill  health  compel- 
ling relinquishment,  Schuyler  B.  Jackson  was  chosen  his 
successor,  which  office  he  has  since  honored.  James  E. 
Harrison  succeeded  to  the  treasurership  in  1879,  on  the 
retirement  of  Leonard  P.  Brown,  and  so  remained  until 
1895  when  Oscar  E.  Day,  the  present  incumbent,  suc- 
ceeded him.  Mr.  LeAlassena,  after  serving  from  1875, 
relinquished  the  office  of  secretary  in  1883  on  his  suc- 
ceeding to  the  presidency.  Arthur  R.  Denman  was  the 
next  secretary,  resigning  in  1895.  Frank  H.  Vinson  then 
accepted  the  office,  rendering  efficient  service  from  that 
time  to  this. 

This  review  would  indeed  be  incomplete,  superficial 
though  it  may  he,  without  especial  reference  being  made 
to  that  portion  of  our  church  which  though  ever  modestly 
keeping  in  the  background  is  ever  its  better  part.  To 
the  women  has  fallen,  as  it  ever, will,  the  burden  of  the 
detail  in  bringing  to  pass  what  has  been  accomplished. 
It  was  to  the  efforts  of  the  Ladies'  Aid  Society  that  we 
owe  the  refurnishings  of  Sunday  School  and  lecture 
rooms  on  their  rebuilding  in  1881.  To  it  and  its  associate 
societies  is  due  very  much  of  the  credit  of  liquidating  the 
debts  of  the  church.  It  is  to  our  ladies  that  we  owe  the 
bright  flowers  that  always  adorn  pulpit  and  church  as 
with  the  reflex  of  their  own  purity  of  heart,  and  to  them 
we  acknowledge  our  profoundest  respect  and  gratitude 
for  their  examples  of  constancy  and  faithfulness.  To 
them  has  been  delegated  and  always  punctually  dis- 
charged the  numberless  errands  of  duty,  mercy,  charity 
and  loving  kindness  that  makes  the  world  around  us  and 


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all  that  it  contains  advance  in  its  progress  from  darkness 
to  the  light. 

Of  the  original  membership  but  six  are  known  or  sup- 
posed to  survive.  They  are  Joseph  C.  Jackson,  Philo  W. 
Smith,  William  Pierson,  Miss  Julia  H.  Jackson,  Mrs. 
Amy  W.  f Smith)  Wilson  and  Mrs.  Jane  T.  Crane.  The 
rest,  with  many  others  who  came  after,  are  fallen  asleep, 
and  how  truly  blessed  are  the  dead  which  die  in  the 
Lord,  for  their  works  do  follow  them.  Oh,  how  the 
unbidden  tears  well  and  the  tender  memories  overwhelm, 
as  with  one  and  another  of  these  dear  ones  we  again 
people  this  hallowed  place  with  their  once  familiar  forms 
and  faces,  and  although  forever  hushed  to  mortal  ear,  we 
listen  as  for  the  echo  of  their  welcome  .voices.  We  may 
almost  see  them  even  now  approaching  the  hither  margin 
of  the  river  where  they  rest  from  their  labors  on  its  shin- 
ing, rippling  shore  and  scan  its  glistening  surface  for  the 
coming  of  their  loved  ones,  yet  toiling  with  the  billows 
and  weary  at  the  oar. 

Especially  mentioned  is  that  other  helpmeet  whose 
cherished  memory  is  so  closely  linked  with  our  beloved 
dead  and  who  entered  into  that  which  is  within  the  veil 
by  the  space  of  seven  years  after  him.  Devoted  wife, 
loyal  friend.  On  November  4th,  1896,  \lrs.  Wilson 
passed  from  death  unto  life,  the  measure  of  her  many 
good  deeds  overflowing. 

But  what  avail  to  here  record  their  names  and  virtues? 
These  are  far  more  lastingly  inscribed  on  the  tablets  of 
loving  hearts  and  the  memories  seem  too  sacred  to  be 
even  here  portrayed.  Let  us  then,  rather  than  indulge 
our  griefs,  emulate  their  piety  and  devotion  to  God  and 
his  church  and  profiting  by  their  example,  take  up  the 
work  where  thej^  left  it  and,  as  members  of  the  church 
militant  in  the  light  of  Divine  revelation,  put  on  the 
whole  Gospel  armor,  gird  up  our  loins  and  with  the  sword 
of  the  Spirit,  in  the  strength  of  Almighty  God,  go  for- 
ward to  the  battle  and,  if  need  be,  falling  with  our  faces 


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to  its  enemies  and  being  thus  absent  from  the  body  present 
with  the  Lord  in  glory.  So,  whether  of  the  church  mihtant 
or  of  the  church  triumphant,  we  are  of  the  church  of  God, 
and  "God  is  in  the  midst  of  her,  she  shall  not  be  moved." 

Rev.  William  Aikman,  D.  D.,  of  Atlantic  City,  and  Rev. 
David  R.  Frazer,  D.  D.,  of  Newark,  then  presented  ad- 
dresses reminiscent,  eloquent  and  profoundly  interesting, 
Rev.  Dr.  Frazer's  address  being  in  part  delivered  in  a  deli- 
catelv  and  deliciouslv  humorous  vein. 


ADDRESS. 

Rev.  Dr.  Willlmi  Aikm.vn. 

Mr.  Chairman,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen: 

It  would  be  an  aiTectation  of  indifference  entirely  con- 
trary to  my  feelings  were  I  to  say  that  I  am  not  sensible 
of  the  peculiar  and  even  remarkable  position  in  which,  at 
your  invitation,  I  find  myself  to-night.  It  has  not  often 
fallen  to  the  lot  of  the  same  man  to  have  taken  part  in 
the  organization  of  a  church,  to  have  addressed  an  assem- 
blage on  its  twenty-fifty  anniversary  and  to  speak  to  a 
company  gathered  to  celebrate  its  fiftieth  year.  The 
consideration  is  impressive  that  I  am  the  sole  survivor 
of  that  company  of  ministers  who  organized  this  church 
or  who  were  with  you  twent)--five  j'ears  ago.  Stearns 
and  Eddy,  Fewsmith  and  Poor,  Brinsmade,  and  Wilson, 
your  first  pastor,  whose  memory  I  cherish,  are  all  gone. 
To  be  left  and  to  be  here  to-night  after  fifty  years  has 
to  me  a  tender  significance.  I  bid  their  memory  all  hail ! 
I  give  thanks  for  the  over-shadowing  care  of  the  infinite 
and  compassionate  God,  while  I  am  glad  to  be  and  re- 
joice with  you. 

Thirty-eight  years  ago  on  another  October  day  I  was 
in  Richmond,  Virginia.  It  was  just  after  the  abandon- 
ment of  the  citv  to  the  forces  of  the  United  States.    The 


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city  lay  in  ruins  and  almost  silent  desolation.  As  a  sort 
of  emblem  of  the  time,  I  saw  General  Joseph  Johnston, 
one  of  the  best  and  ablest  of  the  Confederate  Generals, 
walking  alone  in  the  parlors  of  the  old  Spottswood  Hotel 
where  we  had  our  stay.  One  morningf  there  came  to  my 
hand  a  copy  of  "The  Richmond  Inquirer."  It  was  the 
first  number  of  the  paper,  as  it  resumed  after  the 
siege  and  conflagration,  its  publication.  One  sentence 
of  the  opening  editorial  has  fixed  itself  in  my  mem- 
ory. After  saying  that  the  publication  is  resumed 
after  the  destruction  of  its  office  in  the  great  fire  of  the 
previous  April,  the  editor,  with  profound  pathos  says: 
"That  great  cause  at  whose  cradle  we  sat  and  whose 
hearse  we  followed  has  gone  down  forever;  its  great 
issues  are  dead,  and  its  principles  forever  lost."  It  is  the 
word  "cradle"  that  brings  this  sentence  to  me  to-night. 
I  stood  fifty  years  ago  beside  the  cradle  of  this  church, 
but  there  has  been  no  hearse  to  follow,  no  great  cause 
has  perished.  The  child  that  lay  there  was  God's  child, 
it  was  endowed  with  a  divine  life;  it  lives  to-day  in  its 
beauty  and  strength. 

I  think  with  special  pleasure  of  the  organization  of 
this  church.  It  was  not  a  cradled  infant.  It  was,  as  I 
conceive,  the  type  of  a  right  organization  of  a  city  church. 
Far  too  often  a  city  church  has  its  origin  in  a  sporadic 
way.  A  few  with  usually  little  means  but  large  zeal  and 
excellence  of  Christian  character  start,  in  some  place 
where  they  deem  a  church  is  needed,  a  mission  enter- 
prise. After  a  while,  longer  or  shorter,  the  mission  as- 
sumes the  form  of  a  church  organization.  Then  come 
years  of  toil,  anxiety  and  hindered  usefulness.  After 
perhaps  a  score  of  years — often  never — it  becomes  a  self- 
supporting  church.  But  what  an  expenditure  and  waste 
of  the  Master's  men  and  time  and  money ! 

It  was  not  so  with  this  South  Park  Church.  From  the 
very  beginning  it  was  well  grx)wn  and  mature.  The  older 
churches,    one    of    them    the    youngest,    the    Sixth    Church 


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sent  forth  with  many  a  self-denial,  some  of  their  best  and 
most  active  members  to  make  in  this  south-land  of  New- 
ark a  new  church.  It  was  done  at  once.  These  mem- 
bers, some  of  them  the  sweetest  and  truest  men  and 
women,  God's  saints,  left  with  heart-aches  and  tears  but 
with  love  and  consecration  the  old  places  and  gave  their 
consecration,  love  and  life  to  this  new  home.  It  was  well. 
It  was  as  it  should  be.  It  has,  as  you  here  to-night 
testify,  been  good  and  blessed  to  two  generations  as 
these  fifty  years  have  gone. 

You  have  had  two  pastors  in  these  fifty  years.  This 
as  I  say  it,  may  seem  a  short  statement  of  a  dry  statistic, 
but  to  me  it  is  a  condensed  anthem,  a  full  diapason  of 
melody  and  harmony.  It  tells  not  only  of  tact,  power 
and  spirituality  in  these  pastors,  but  sings  sweetly  to 
me  of  loyalty  and  affection  of  this  people.  Do  you  think 
that  these  two  pastors  could  have  held  their  places  and 
gone  out  and  in,  through  these  years,  with  freedom  and 
conscious  strength  had  there  not  been  fathers  and 
mothers  in  the  homes  who  at  the  family  table  and  around 
the  evening  lamp,  in  familiar  talk  were  accustomed  to 
speak  well  and  kindly  of  these  pastors?  Had  there  not 
been,  all  along,  loving  and  appreciative  words  in  these 
family  circles,  do  you  think  that,  as  you  see  it  to-night, 
yoti  would  see  the  children  of  two  generations  honored 
and  beloved  in  the  places  of  parents  beloved  and  hon- 
ored? I  am  sure  that  homes  and  family  life  have  had 
much  to  do  with  these  long  pastorates.  Home  talk  and 
home  influences  make  pastorates  long  and  good. 

Your  historian  has  just  said  that  with  my  fifty  years 
of  acquaintance  I  could  hark  you  back  to  the  many  who 
have  made  your  historj' ;  but  the  fifteen  minutes  allotted 
to  me  forbid  it.  I  might  indeed  call  before  you  the  names 
of  John  P.  Jackson,  Samuel  P.  Smith,  Aaron  Carter,  Jr., 
Asa  Whitehead,  Ira  Harrison  and,  with  a  sweet  and 
blessed  light  about  them,  Anna  Read  Wilson  and  Eliza- 
beth  Wolcott  Jackson,  but  after  all   what   I   might  say 


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would  be  of  little  account  to  almost  all  of  you  who  listen 
to  me  now.  They  are  strong  and  they  are  beloved  in  the 
memory  of  a  very  few  of  you,  and  even  to  the  rest  of  you 
who  listen  with  tender  and  reminiscent  thought  they 
have  already  become  shadowy. 

Have  you  never  thought  how  the  known  and  dear 
change?  To-day  they  are  before  you,  you  see  and  you 
love  them,  to-morrow  they  are  a  memory,  the  next  a 
dimmed  reminiscence,  and  then  they  quickly  become  a 
tradition.  The  procession  is  passing,  you  hear  the  tramp 
and  the  music,  it  goes  on  and  as  you  look  and  listen  it 
has  gone.     The  pageant  of  this  world  passeth  away. 

Burke  in  the  opening  of  an  election  speech  made  an  ex- 
clamation which  lives  in  the  minds  of  men.  His  rival 
had  died  suddenly  the  night  before.  The  orator  solemnly 
alluded  to  it  and  plaintively  cried  out,  "What  shadows 
we  are,  what  shadows  we  pursue !" 

So  I  turn  from  the  past  and  face  the  present  and  the 
future  as  I  talk  to  you  to-night.  The  present  of  thought 
and  action  is  real  and  the  future  lies  in  front  with  its 
menace,  its  call  and  its  hope. 

Fifty  years  ago  I  stood  at  the  door  of  the  Park  Presby- 
terian Church,  then  in  the  centre  of  the  city.  A  public 
meeting  of  some  kind  had  just  adjourned  and  a  little 
group  was  lingering  at  the  door.  Among  them  was  the 
Rev.  Samuel  Hanson  Cox,  one  of  the  most  sointillatingly 
brilliant  men  of  his  time.  He  said  to  me  "I  congratulate 
you,  my  young  brother,  that  you  have  entered  the  minis- 
try at  such  a  time  as  this  when  the  world  opens  so  in 
front.'"  I  felt  the  blessedness  of  living  in  such  an  era 
then  and  I  see  it,  and  I  have  seen  it  all  along,  and  far 
more  to-day.  I  am  glad  and  I  give  thanks  to  God  that  I 
have  lived  and  worked  and  have  had  something  to  do  in 
three  States  with  the  history  of  the  past  fifty  years,  the 
most  wonderful  of  all  time. 

But  if  the  remark  of  Dr.  Cox  had  force  then,  with  what 
an  emphasis  of  meaning  would  it  have  to  the  young  man 


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of  to-day!  With  the  mar\ellous  and  bewildering  dis- 
coveries and  conjectures  of  science,  of  helium  and  radium 
openiing  new  doors  into  mysteries  of  God's  creation  ;  of 
electric  energies  of  this  mundane  universe  of  ours  stored 
in  yonder  sun  and  making  it  the  centre  of  energy  and 
life;  with  peace  brooding  over  the  earth,  with  arbitration 
and  growing  brotherhood  among  the  nations ;  with  a 
church  lookout  clear-eyed,  expectant  and  exultant ;  with 
vistas  of  power  and  happiness  and  glory  opening  be- 
fore her — there  never  were  such  startling  calls  in  the  ears 
of  men,  there  never  were  such  opportunities  for  the 
church  of  God.  The  world  calls  to  the  young  men  and 
the  3'oung  women  of  to-da}-  as  it  never  called  before. 

You  may  listen  to  these  clarion  notes,  here  and  now  in 
this  your  church  home  you  may  hear  them  as  they  chant 
and  summon  you  to  do  God's  work. 

My  face  is  not  now  toward  the  setting  sun,  I  am  look- 
ing evermore  toward  the  Orient,  the  sun-risings.  I  see 
one  thing  above  all  the  rest;  it  seems  beyond  measure 
great  and  desirable  for  this  poor  earth.  It  is  The  King- 
dom of  God,  God's  reign  over  souls  in  this  and  all  worlds. 

Our  Lord  Jesus  has  divinely  condensed  all  our  prayers 
in  this  petition — Thy  Kingdom  Come.  It  is  all-compre- 
hending. He  only  could  have  said  it.  In  our  prayers  we 
may  rest  there. 

That  Kingdom  seems  the  only  valuable,  indeed  the 
only  real  thing  of  time.  Amid  all  the  transient  and  illu- 
sory, it  is  the  one  reality  and  substance.  It  is  a  part  of 
God.  It  has  all  glory  and  stability  in  it.  To  be  a  part  of 
it  is  to  be  blessed  and  eternally  safe. 

As  you  enter  upon  your  new  half-century  with  its  fas- 
cinating possibilities  you  may  well  be  glad  and  ask  God 
that  you  may,  in  your  place  and  measure  obey  its  call 
and  share  its  triumphs. 


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ADDRESS. 
Rev.  Dr.  David  R.  Frazer. 

Maternity  ensures  great  privileges  but  it  also  imposes 
grave  responsibilities.  It  secured  for  me  the  highly 
appreciated  honor  of  a  place  in  the  delightful  gathering 
of  this  hour,  but  it  also  entails  upon  me  the  necessity  of 
inflicting  upon  you  a  speech  which  "the  parties  of  the 
first  part  and  the  second  part"  would  willingly  forgo, 
but — "What  is  home  without  a  mother?"  and  the  old 
lady  promises  to  guard  against  garrulity. 

The  wedding  day  is  always  one  of  intense  anxiety  to 
the  fond  mother.  Though  the  marriage  bells  ring 
sweetly  and  the  orange  blossoms  perfume  the  air  and 
everything  seems  bright  and  promising,  yet — the  old 
lady  knows  that  grave  problems  are  to  be  confronted ; 
that  the  history  of  the  future  is  to  be  written  and  that 
no  one  can  forecast  the  record  or  foretell  whether  its  tale 
will  be  one  of  weal  or  of  woe.  These  are  the  things 
which  burden  the  maternal  mind  and  oppress  the  ma- 
ternal heart. 

But,  when  fifty  years  have  come  and  gone  and  she 
visits  the  daughter  in  her  own  home  and  finds  her  sur- 
rounded with  every  evidence  of  prosperity  and  happiness, 
her  fears  are  dissipated,  her  anxieties  are  dismissed  and 
her  joy  knows  no  bounds. 

Now  I  am  free  to  confess  that,  personally,  I  felt  very 
little  solicitude  when  this  girl  of  mine  left  the  old  home- 
stead up  the  street  and  set  up  house-keeping  on  her  own 
account.  I  knew  that  she  was  a  sturdy  lassie,  that  she 
was  perfectly  level-headed  and  that  she  had  enjoyed  the 
very  best  of  training.  But  when  I  see  what  my  eyes 
behold  this  night  my  old  maternal  heart  swells  with 
gratitude  and  is  almost  bursting  with  pride.  Doubtless 
the  daughter  recalls  the  mother's  teaching.  I  always 
told  you  that  if  you  would  be  good  you  would  be  happy, 


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and  as  you  are  manifestly  "happy"  to-night,  it  is  a  fair 
inference  that  you  have  been  "good." 

But  we  instinctively  and  indignantly  repudiate  "infer- 
ences" when  facts  confront  us.  \^'e  all  knowr  that  this 
daughter  has  always  been  good  and  true  and  loyal  and 
loving,  hence  I  bring  you,  to-night,  the  heartiest  of  ma- 
ternal congratulations,  and  the  largest  and  best  of  mater- 
nal good  wishes  and  prayers,  and — then,  by  your  kind 
permission,  resuming  my  normal,  masculine  gender,  I 
would  like  to  tax  your  patience  by  adding  a  few  words 
on  the  line  of  reminiscence. 

We  live  in  a  new  land  it  is  true,  but  it  is  just  as  true 
that  in  our  new  land  many  churches  have  already  held 
their  semi-centennial  observances. 

That  which  makes  the  gathering  of  this  hour  unique 
is  not  the  fact  that  South  Park  has  lived  fifty  years,  but 
that  during  its  semi-centennial  life  and  history  it  has 
known  only  two  pastors.  This  fact  speaks  volumes  for 
the  church  and  for  the  men  who  have  filled  her  pulpit. 
Far  off  be  the  day  when  she  shall  be  constrained  to  call 
her  third  pastor. 

I  count  it  one  of  the  rare  privileges  of  my  life  to  have 
known  your  first  pastor  and  to  have  known  him  as  I  did. 
Our  life  intercourse  was  on  the  line  of  our  introduction. 
And  we  were  never  introduced.  As  was  his  wont,  Dr. 
Wilson  came  late  to  the  meeting  of  the  Presbytery  of 
Newark  which  received  and  enrolled  me  as  a  member 
of  that  reverend  body. 

While  dear  Dr.  Craven  was  struggling,  on  my  behalf 
and  interest,  over  the  c|uestion  of  "An  Emeritus  Pastor," 
a  majestic  form,  with  a  martial  bearing  that  might  have 
enkindled  envy  in  the  breast  of  any  general  or  admiral 
of  army  or  navy,  stood  in  the  door  of  the  Third  Church 
chapel.  He  stood  in  the  door  studying  the  assembled 
gathering ;  shortly  detected  the  incoming  stranger,  and  then, 
with  martial  tread  coming  to  me  and  taking  both  my  hands, 


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said,  "I  have  heard  of  thee  by  the  hearing  of  the  ear,  but 
now  that  mine  eye  seeth  thee,  my  heart  rejoiceth." 
"Thanks,  Dr.  Wilson,"  was  my  response,  "but,  after  all 
is  said  that  can  be,  I  am,  really,  not  much  to  look  at." 
Said  he,  "You  are  like  choice  wine,  you  will  improve  with 
age."  He  was  a  dear  man  but  I  seriously  question 
whether  he  was  a  reliable  prophet.  I  have  surely  aged. 
The  question  of  my  improvement  is  still,  and  largely, 
problematical. 

May  I  further  presume  upon  your  patience  to  present 
one  incident  which  fully  illustrates  the  sweet  relation  I 
sustained  to  that  dear  man?  He  was  conducting  a  Pres- 
byterial,  theological  examination  on  a  day  of  sweltering 
heat  when  everybody  was  ready  to  get  mad  on  the  slight- 
est provocation  and  when  it  was  hard  to  keep  from 
getting  mad  without  provocation.  The  dear  old  Dr.  went 
on  and  on  and  on  with  his  questions,  and  kept  going  on 
and  on.  Had  it  been  anyone  save  Dr.  Wilson  somebody 
would  have  moved  to  "arrest  the  examination."  But  he 
kept  going  on.  Finally  he  paused.  I  was  wicked  enough 
to  feel  thankful  that  he  was  exhausted ;  that  "the  cruelty 
to  animals"  had  come  to  a  close.  But  I  was  mistaken. 
My  fallibility  was  disclosed.  He  was  simply  gasping, 
only  pausing  for  breath.  After  a  free  and  full  inhilation, 
he  said  to  the  candidate,  "Coming  to  Eschatology,  which 
is  the  doctrine  of  the  last  things,  what  is  your  idea  of 
eternal  punishment?"  The  candidate  seemed  discouraged 
and  well  he  might.  But  think  of  the  impudence  of  "little 
me,"  punching  that  magnificent  man  in  the  back  and  re- 
plying to  his  question,  "One  of  James  Patriot  Wilson's 
theological  examinations  in  dog  days.  Stop  at  once  or 
the  man  will  die  and  the  rest  of  us  will  have  to  be  unwill- 
ing witnesses  in  a  homicidal  case."  The  dear  old  man 
never  turned,  but  the  convulsive  movement  of  his 
shoulders  attested  the  fact  that  he  was  laughing  inside 
of  himself.  His  only  response  was,  "Boy,  keep  still,"  but 
that  examination  soon  came  to  an  end  and  many  a  pri- 


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vate  laugh  the  Dr.  and  tho  impertinent  "boy"  have  had 
over  the  incident. 

I  shall  never  cease  to  regret  that  the  Atlantic  rolled 
between  him  and  me  when  he  passed  away.  He  knew 
me  and  knew  that  I  loved  him.  Peace  to  the  ashes  and 
reverence  to  the  memory  of  the  founder  and  first  pastor 
of  South  Park  Church. 

But  his  death  necessitated  the  call  of  his  successor,  and 
the  scenic  "C'entennial  programme"  states  that  I  presided 
at  the  meeting  which  called  the  Rev.  Dr.  Lyman  Whit- 
ney Allen.  I  wrote  that  call  in  a  big  black  hand  and  I 
confess,  without  the  slightest  reservation,  that  I  have 
done  lots  of  worse  things  in  my  life.  I  also  charged  the 
people  at  his  installation  and  the  only  thing  I  recall  about 
that  charge  is  the  permission  I  gave  South  Park  people 
to  come,  occasionally,  to  the  First  Church  when  they 
felt  they  must  have  a  real,  good,  square  meal.  The  fact 
that  the  people  have  not  availed  themselves  of  my  conces- 
sion indicates  that  the  home  fodder  satisfies  their  needs. 
I  confess  I  had  some  anxiety  when  1  heard  my  good 
Bro.  Allen  preach  a  magnificent  Thanksgiving  sermon, 
replete  with  poetical  and  imaginative  conceptions.  I 
betrayed  my  anxiety  by  honestly  asking  him  whether  he 
had  any  more  angels  reserved  for  his  next  sermon,  and 
felt  easy  in  my  mind  when  he  told  me  he  had  cohorts  as 
yet  unsummoned.  Evidently  he  knew  what  he  was  say- 
ing, for  I  have  already  certified  to  you  that  South  Park 
people  do  not  frequent  the  First  Church. 

No  true  man  wants  incense  burned  under  his  nose,  or 
taflfy  fed  him,  or  his  obituary  pronounced  while  he  is  still 
living.  But  every  true  man  enjoys  an  honest  expression 
of  appreciation,  and  I  do  greatly  rejoice  that  my  good 
Bro.  Allen  is  the  recipient  of  that  honest  and  heart- 
felt tribute  to-night.  He  has  been  with  you  in  your  jovs 
and  sorrows,  a  congenial  and  a  sympathetic  friend.  You 
have  sweetly  and  tenderly  stood  by  him  and  reciprocated 


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"his  kind  consideration  when  an  awful,  an  irreparable  loss 
was  entailed  upon  his  heart  and  his  home. 

May  this  reciprocal  sympathy  and  love  deepen  as  the 
years  go  by,  and  the  dear  Lord  of  us  all  grant  that  the 
relation  which  the  old  mother  helped  constitute  may  abide 
long  after  she  has  entered  into  rest,  and  may  prove,  in  the 
future  as  in  the  past,  a  relation  which  shall  conduce  to 
the  glory  of  the  Master,  whose  we  are  and  whom  we 
:serve,  through  the  advancement  of  the  best  interests  of 
-my  well-beloved  daughter,  the  South  Park  Church. 


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TUESDAY,  OCTOBER  27th 


On  Tuesday  evening,  October  27th,  was  held  the  reception; 
and  social  under  the  direction  of  Elders  Denman  and  Clark, 
respectively  chairmen  of  the  Reception  and  Social  C;>nimit- 
tees. 

Ranged  in  front  and  extending  on  either  side  of  the  pulpit 
back  into  the  church  parlors,  our  pastor  in  the  center  with 
his  daughter.  Miss  June  T.  Allen,  on  his  right,  were  these- 
committees  with  who!ii  were  associated  all  of  the  officers  of 
the  church,  their  wives  and  such  of  the  widows  of  deceased 
officers  as  have  retained  membership  with  this  church,  the 
arrangement  being  as  follow  : 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Archibald  Parkhurst,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Daniel 
Halsey,  Mr.  George  W.  Howell,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  M. 
Russell,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  S.  Clapp,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sam- 
uel Clark,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  S.  Higbie,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H. 
Monroe  De  Long,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  Edwin  Young  and  Mr. 
Arthur  R.  Denman,  of  the  eldership : 

Dr.  Joseph  C.  Young,  Mr.  William  F.  Ryerson,  Dr.  and' 
Mrs.  Joseph  S.  Vinson,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clarence  T.  Piatt,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Sylvanus  D.  Sheppard,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frederick 
W.  Paul,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  S.  Prescott  Lazarus,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Henry  T.  Freeman  and  Mr.  and  Mrs'.  James  Prentice,  of  the- 
deacons : 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Schuyler  B.  Jackson,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  P.  San- 
ford  Ross,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  F.  Kilburn,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Frank  S.  Vinson  and  Mr.  Oscar  E.  Day,  of  the  Board  of" 
Trustees : 

And  Mrs,  Francis  N.  Torrey,  Mrs.  John  Y.  Foster,  Mrs.. 
Reuben  M.  Sutphen,  Mrs.  Andrew  Le  Massena,  Jr.,  Mrs., 
John  C.  Downing  and  Mrs.  George  Pj.  Swain. 


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Throughout  the  entire  series  of  anniversary  observances 
the  organ  was  presided  over  by  the  church  organist,  Miss 
EHzabeth  H.  Marsh,  who  was  ably  assisted  on  this  occas- 
ion by  Mr.  Clarence  E.  Le  IMassena  and  Mr.  J.  Henry  Hunt- 
ington, Jr. 

The  attendance,  approximating  i,ooo  in  number,  was  ush- 
ered by  the  younger  men  of  the  church,  many  former  mem- 
bers residing  at  a  distance  from  the  city  being  present  to- 
gether with  those  from  other  congregations,  who,  with  their 
ministers,  came  with  congratulatory  messages  of  good  will 
and  fellowship  both  hearty  and  enthusiastic. 

The  refreshments  were  served  in  the  parlors  by  some  of 
the  younger  ladies,  and  there  the  people  lingered  long  in 
social  chat  and  intercourse. 

A  splendid  collection  of  portraits  of  deceased  members 
was  arranged  on  the  walls  of  the  lecture  room  which  elicited 
many  tender  memories  conducive  to  anecdote  and  conversa- 
tion concerning  the  former  days. 

The  decorations,  pre-eminently  the  work  of  the  women  of 
our  church  in  co-operation  with  the  Decoration  Committee, 
comprised  some  5,000  and  upwards  of  golden  yellow  paper 
chrysanthemums,  of  their  own  manufacture,  most  artistically 
disposed  on  the  pulpit,  gallery  and  choir-loft  fronts  and  the 
wall  behind  the  pulpit,  and  intertwined  with  hundreds  of 
electric  lights  festooned  between  the  columns  above  and 
under  the  galleries.  The  columns  were  entwined  with  spirals 
of  rich  golden  cloth.  Behind  and  above  the  pulpit  in  glow- 
ing electricity  was  a  center-piece  reading,  "God  With  Us," 
on  its  one  side  the  figures  "1853"  and  on  the  other  "1903." 

These  were  but  some  of  the  main  effects  however,  for  it  is 
impossible  to  here  detail  the  many  other  features  of  laurel 
and  palm,  bud  and  flower  interspersed  throughout  by  deft 
hands  guided  by  artistic  talent  that  together  made  up  the 
gorgeous  whole.  Beautiful  though  it  was  when  illuminated 
by  the  sunshine  and  daylight  streaming  through  the  win- 
dows and  reflected  by  the  brightness  of  a  freshly  painted 
and  newlv  renovated  building  interior,  it  was  vastlv  more 


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effective  when  flooded  with  the  splendor  made  hy  the  com- 
bined blaze  of  the  hundreds  of  incandescent  lamps  twinkling 
and  sparkling-  on  every  hand.  Making;  of  the  dear  old 
church  a  veritable  bower  of  fairyland  as  if  reflecting 
materially  in  her  own  bosom  the  earnest  of  that  divine  light 
v/ith  which  she  has  ever  sought  to  illumine  the  hearts  and 
minds  of  her  sons  and  daughters  wliose  loving  efforts  for 
her  Master's  glory  and  her  own  were  thus  evidenced. 


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THURSDAY,  OCTOBER  29th. 


At  the  South  Park  Memorial  Chapel  on  Thursday  eve- 
ning, October  29th,  was  observed  the  concluding  exercises 
of  our  Fiftieth  Anniversary  Celebration.  The  building  v^^as- 
tastefully  decorated  with  portraits  and  bunting  and  filled  to- 
its  utmost  capacity  with  a  highly  appreciative  audience. 

The  services  were  of  a  very  tender  character,  there  being 
much  in  the  chapel  work  calculated  to  call  forth  sacred  mem- 
ories that  touched  many  hearts  most  deeply. 

On  the  platform  were  gathered  a  number  of  the  church 
officers  and  others  who  are  now  or  formerly  were  more  or 
less  intimately  associated  with  the  work  there  and  in  Mul- 
berry Chapel. 

The  salutation  by  Rev.  Stuart  Nye  Hutchison  was  follow- 
ed by  the  addresses  of  the  evening  dealing  chiefly  with  the 
history  of  Mulberry  Chapel,  its  life  and  incident,  deliv- 
ered by  Alexander  T.  Looker,  Oscar  E.  Day,  Samuel  Bea- 
man,  Roy  Foster  Anthony,  George  W.  Howell  and  Isaac 
N.  Doty.  Arthur  R.  Denman  added  a  few  words  in  re- 
viewing the  South  Park  Memorial  Chapel  building  enter- 
prise, laying  particular  emphasis  on  the  development  of  the 
chapel  work  and  its  culmination  here  growing  out  of  the 
Sunday  school  and  reading  room  work,  the  latter  of  which 
was  so  largely  conserved  by  the  munificence  of  the  late 
Andrew  Le  Massena,  Jr.,  so  long  president  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees,  who  at  his  private  expense  maintained  it 
for  years  in  purchasing  and  fitting  up  a  convenient  build- 
ing on  South  street  for  the  sole  purpose,  and  the  former- 
through  the  highly  efficient  and  self-sacrificing  efforts  of  the 
late  John  Y.  Foster,  for  many  years  superintendent  of  Mul- 
berry Chapel  and  a  beloved  elder,  besides  the  many  others. 


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whose  lives  were  and  still  arc  tlevotcd  to  these  as  well  also 
the  missionary  and  Bible-reading-  branches  of  our  Lord's 
work. 

A  letter,  received  from  Rev.  George  W.  Lloyd  of  Branch- 
ville,  N.  J.,  who  was  identified  with  the  organization  of  the 
Chapel  School,  was  read  by  Samuel  Clark. 

A  collation  and  social  hour  then  closed  the  period  of 
our  Semi-Centennial  .\nniversarv  Observances. 


SALUTATION. 
Re\'.  Stu.nrt  Nye  Hutchison. 

We  are  gathered  here  to-night  upon  a  very  unusual 
occasion.  Many  things  unite  to  proclaim  it  an  unusual 
occasion.  These  men  here  upon  this  platform !  This 
large  audience!  These  beautiful  decorations!  It  is  our 
church's  fiftieth  anniversary.  We  have  reached  one  of 
the  mile-stones  of  our  history  and  before  we  go  on  to 
another  we  are  just  pausing  a  moment  to  thank  God  and 
take  courage. 

It  seems  particularly  fitting  that  this,  the  last  great  day 
of  the  feast,  should  be  set  apart  for  the  anniversary  of 
the  chapel  work.  The  chapel,  as  we  shall  see  later  on, 
was  the  nursery  of  the  church.  It  was  here  that  our 
church  had  its  beginnings.  It  was  here  that  those  de- 
voted spirits  of  a  half  century  ago  toiled  and  prayed  and 
left  the  result  with  God.  It  was  here  that  they  cast  their 
bread  upon  the  waters,  knowing  that  they  would  find  it 
after  many  days.  And  don't  you  think  that  they  have 
found  it?  Don't  you  believe  that  to-night  and  all  during 
this  week  their  blessed  spirits  have  been  hovering  near 
us  sharing  with  us  the  blessing  as  we  enter  into  the 
fraits  of  their  labors? 

In  Scott's  "Lay  of  the  Last  Minstrel,"  he  tells  us  of 
a    gallant     knight     fighting    in    a    foreign    land    whose 


82 

thoughts  ever  turned  to  the  woman  he  loved  far  away 
across  the  sea.  Very  anxious  was  he  to  know  if  she  still 
loved  and  still  thought  of  him ;  so  one  day  he  consulted 
a  famed  magician.  The  wizard  led  him  into  a  darkened 
room  and  told  him  to  gaze  intently  into  a  mirror.  He 
did  so  and  soon,  shadowy  and  indistinct  at  first,  but  every 
moment  becoming  clearer,  he  could  make  out  the  form 
of  the  Lady  Geraldine.  She  was  reading  over  and  over 
again  a  letter  he  had  written  her  and  Surrey  knew  that 
she  still  loved  and  thought  of  him. 

It  needs  no  magician's  power  to  bring  back  to  you  to- 
night the  scenes  upon  which  your  minds  linger,  th^ 
scenes  of  fifty  years,  that  this  anniversary  commemor- 
ates. 

Many  of  you  have  but  to  close  your  eyes  upon  this 
festal  night  and  they  seem  to  open  upon  other  scenes. 
You  hear  the  patter  of  little  feet  in  the  Chapel  School  of 
years  gone  by — boys  and  girls  who  through  its  influence 
have  become  noble  men  and  women.  You  see  again  that 
bright  array  of  workers  and  teachers  that  toiled  for  the 
Master  here.  You  hear  the  murmur  of  their  voices — 
music  that  now  is  sounding  on  the  farther  shore. 

Some  of  those  who  for  years  have  been  connected  with 
this  work  will  by  and  by  tell  you  something  of  it,  but 
when  they  shall  have  finished  there  will  still  be  many 
things  left  untold.  Mr.  Anthony  is  to  present  to  us  the 
history  of  the  half  century  since  its  organization,  but 
there  are  stories  connected  with  this  chapel  which  no 
historian's  pen  can  ever  picture.  The  manhood  and 
womanhood  that  here  have  been  quickened  into  life ;  the 
grief-stricken  hearts  that  have  been  comforted  here ;  the 
wandering  sheep  that  have  been  brought  back  within  the 
fold  here.  These  are  stories  the  record  of  which  is  only 
kept  in  God's  book  of  eternal  remembrance. 

But  it  is  not  alone  of  the  past  that  we  think  to-night. 
If  we  had  naught  but  memories  upon  which  to  feast,  our 
joy  would  be  not  unmixed  with  sorrow.     But  this  anni- 


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versary  is  more  than  a  recollection.  It  is  a  prophecy.  As 
we  recall  the  blessings  of  the  past  years,  we  look  with  joy 
upon  the  promise  of  the  coming  years. 

Many  things  combine  to  argue  well  for  the  future  of 
our  chapel  work.  Our  splendid  location,  the  rapidly 
growing  population  and  business  in  this  neighborhood, 
and  the  near  proximity  of  the  new  Pennsylvania  Rail- 
road station — these  are  conditions  we  cannot  well  over- 
look as  we  gaze  into  the  future.  But  these  are,  after  all, 
only  superficial  things.  It  is  deeper  down  that  we  seek 
for  and  find  the  surest  warrant  of  our  hopes.  It  is  in  the 
flourishing  condition  of  our  Sunday  School,  the  manifest 
and  growing  interest  in  our  religious  meetings  and  the 
deep  spirit  of  devoted  self-sacrifice  and  piety,  that  per- 
vades those  who  gather  here  from  week  to  week.  It  is 
in  these  things  that  we  read  the  signs  of  our  times,  and 
the  rainbow  in  the  heavens  and  the  promise  that  goes 
with  it  of  brighter  days  to  come. 

Yonder  upon  the  wall  is  our  memorial  tablet  to  the 
memory  of  the  Mulberry  Street  Chapel,  with  its  ancient 
weather-beaten  finial,  placed  there  by  the  good  taste  and  gen- 
erosity of  Mr.  Denman,  "An  open  Bible  and  a  finger  pointing 
the  way  to  Heaven."  In  that  sentence  may  be  summed  up 
all  the  precious  years  of  history  of  that  old  Chapel.  In  it 
too  to-day  may  be  expressed  the  full  measure  of  service  of 
our  new  chapel. 

Our  future  and  the  fulfillment  of  the  prophesy  of  this 
anniversary  depend  not  only  upon  our  zeal  and  self- 
sacrifice  but  also  upon  the  steadfastness  with  which  we 
adhere  to  the  legend  for  which  that  cherished  relic 
stands.  "An  open  Bible  and  a  finger  pointing  the  way  to 
Heaven." 


84 

ADDRESS. 

Alexander  T.  Looker. 

In  looking:  back  over  the  history  of  the  chapel  for  half  a 
century,  so  many  recollections  rise  before  me  that  I  can  only 
give  a  faint  outline  of  the  principal  events  which  have  taken 
place. 

Few  of  the  early  teachers  are  living  to-day  and  the  schol- 
ars have  grown  up  and  become  scattered,  many  of  them  with 
children  and  grandchildren  of  their  own.  Occasionally  we 
meet  one  who  can  tell  of  those  early  days  of  attending  Sun- 
day School  in  the  railroad  car. 

In  the  year  1853  the  New  Jersey  Railroad  Co.  threatened 
to  close  its  station  at  Chestnut  street  unless  something  was 
done  to  prevent  the  destruction  of  its  property  by  the  unruly 
children  of  the  neighborhood.  At  that  time  this  portion  of 
the  city  was  considered  the  outskirts  as  much  as  the  ex- 
treme end  of  Clinton  Hill  is  to-day.  There  was  no  police 
protection  in  this  section  and  it  was  suggested  by  some  one. 
whose  identity  is  unknown  to  me,  that  a  Sabbath  School 
should  be  attempted  in  that  locality. 

Arrangements  were  made  with  Mr.  John  P.  Jackson,  then 
superintendent  of  the  railroad  company,  to  have  the  use  of 
one  of  its  cars  and  to  have  this  car  run  up  alongside  of  the 
platform. 

Mr.  Joline  was  ticket  agent  at  the  time  and  upon  the  organ- 
ization of  the  school  acted  as  superintendent. 

•The  car  soon  filled,  and  in  the  same  year  it  was  found  nec- 
essary to  have  larger  accommodations  and  the  company  al- 
lowed the  use  of  the  two  waiting  rooms  of  the  station. 

In  June,  1854,  upon  the  invitation  of  Mr.  Theodore  Brown, 
whose  sister  is  stil!  one  of  our  number,  I  entered  the  chapel 
as  a  teacher. 

How  different  was  that  school  from  the  one  we  are  en- 
joying to-day.  The  backless  benches  were  stored  in  the 
baggage  room  during  the  week  and  were  brought  out  on 


85 

Sunday  and  put  in  the  two  rooms,  the  boys  occupying  one 
side  and  the  girls  the  other. 

There  were  no  attractions  for  the  children  such  as  we  now 
enjoy.  No  Sunday  school  books,  no  music,  except  what  was 
made  by  their  own  voices,  and  no  Easter  or  Children's  Day 
services. 

It  was  simply  owing  to  the  prayerful,  personal  work  of 
that  little  handful  of  teachers  that  the  scholars  were  won  and 
kept  in  the  school. 

■  At  this  time  it  was  under  no  particular  denomination  ;  Bap- 
tists, Methodists  and  Presbyterians  worked  side  by  side, 
although  in  later  years  the  city  was  divided  into  districts  by 
the  Presbytery  and  this  work  came  under  the  management 
of  South  Park  Church. 

The  work  prospered  and  in  May,  1856,  Mr.  Joline  was 
succeeded  by  Mr.  .Archibald  Parkhurst,  who  was  succeeded 
four  years  later  by  Gen.  Joseph  C.  Jackson. 

The  breaking  out  of  the  Civil  War  called  Gen.  Jackson 
to  the  front  and  Mr.  Humphrey  Fuller  was  chosen  to  take 
his  place. 

The  school  continued  to  grow  and  it  again  became  neces- 
sary to  seek  better  accommodations.  A  committee  was  ap- 
pointed to  call  upon  the  trustees  to  get  their  consent  to  use 
the  chapel  on  Mulberry  street. 

The  building  was  being  occupied  for  other  purposes  at 
this  time  and  it  was  only  after  much  consideration  that  per- 
mission was  obtained.  The  school  was  opened  in  the  year 
1862  or  1863  with  a  large  attendance.  An  infant  class  was 
formed  in  the  basement,  of  which  Miss  Elizabeth  Baldwin 
took  charge. 

It  may  be  interesting  to  know  in  this  connection  that  the 
building  was  originally  intended  for  a  Seaman's  Chapel  and 
the  wooden  girders  extending  across  the  room,  which  are 
probably  still  there,  represented  the  backbone  of  a  whale. 

I  remember  as  a  boy,  standing  in  the  street  while  the 
chapel  was  being  erected  and  watching  the  minister.  Rev.  Mr. 


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Goodenow,  hand  up  boards  to  the  carpenters.  Those  who 
had  charge  of  the  first  services  there  did  not  realize  their  ex- 
pected results  and  later  the  building  passed  into  other  hands 
and  was  used,  as  we  know,  for  the  organization  of  South 
Park  Church. 

Just  before  leaving  the  school  at  the  station,  the  first  pic- 
nic was  held.  Mr.  Jackson  placed  a  car  at  our  disposal  and 
in  this  way  we  were  taken  to  a  grove  near  ]\ahway.  Since 
then  the  school  has  never  missed  its  annual  outing  and  I 
have  had  the  pleasure  of  being  present  on  every  occasion  but 
one. 

When  the  school  entered  its  new  quarters,  a  library  was 
added,  and  I  left  the  ranks  of  teachers  to  assist  in  this  work 
and  in  the  forty  years  I  remained  there  I  learned  how  much 
the  books  contributed  to  the  happiness  of  the  children. 

Mr.  Francis  N.  Torrey  succeeded  ]\Ir.  Fuller  as  superin- 
tendent and  was  re-elected  the  four  following  years,  until 
ill  health  compelled  him  to  resign. 

Mr.  Joseph  Doty  was  elected  in  1871  and  served  three 
years.  It  was  found  at  this  time  that  the  building  was  be- 
coming very  dilapidated  and  unfit  for  use,  and  it  was  thought 
best  to  transfer  the  school  to  the  Sunday  school  room  of  the 
church.  The  session  began  at  2  o'clock,  followed  by 
the  parish  school  at  3  o'clock. 

The  limited  time  given  for  the  service  and  the  difficulty  in 
getting  the  children  to  attend,  reduced  the  numbers  and  it 
was  decided  that  something  else  must  be  done.  A  committee 
was  appointed  to  consult  with  the  trustees  and  obtain  their 
permission  to  raise  money  to  repair  the  chapel.  The  people 
responded  very  liberally  and  $1,800  was  raised  and  the  whole 
building  was  remodeled.  Again  we  moved  back  to  our  old 
quarters  and  the  infant  class  enjoyed  a  more  comfortable 
location. 

During  the  year  1874  Mr.  Doty  was  often  obliged  to  be 
away  from  home  on  business  and  it  was  decided  to  have  an 
assistant  superintendent  and  Mr.  Daniel  Halsey  was  elected. 


87 

Mr.  Doty  finally  removed  from  the  city,  and  at  the  annual 
meeting  held  at  Airs.  Linsley's  residence  in  May  we  were  at 
a  loss  to  find  anyone  who  would  take  the  place  which  he  had 
so  ably  filled. 

Mr.  John  Y.  Foster's  name  being  mentioned,  a  committee 
was  appointed  to  wait  on  him  that  night  and  invite  him  to 
the  meeting,  and  when  they  returned  successful,  the  request 
was  put  to  him  that-  he  would  fill  the  vacancy,  which  he 
consented  to  do. 

For  twenty  years,  with  the  intermission  of  but  a  single 
year,  when  he  still  remained  as  a  teacher  of  a  Bible  class,  Mr. 
Foster  faithfully  stood  at  our  head,  endearing  himself  to 
teachers  and  scholars  alike,  and  his  labors  still  bear  fruit  in 
our  chapel  of  to-day. 

During  his  administration  the  school  entered  its  most 
successful  period,  many  of  the  scholars  growing  up  in  the 
school  and  some  of  them  entering  its  ranks  as  teachers ; 
many  others  reaching  maturity  are  to-day  living  in  Christian 
homes  of  their  own  and  their  children  are  attending  our 
Sunday  school. 

About  1893  Miss  Baldwin  resigned  and  Miss  Lavinia 
Morehouse,  who  had  been  associated  with  her  for  some  time, 
was  elected  superintendent  of  the  infant  department  and  is 
still  with  us  in  that  capacity. 

In  1896  Mr.  Foster  was  called  from  earth  and  Mr.  Oscar 
E.  Day,  the  assistant,  was  elected  superintendent  and  occu- 
pied the  position  for  a  number  of  years  and  is  at  the  pres- 
ent time  acting  as  president  of  the  Teachers'  Association,  the 
pastor's  assistant  being  superintendent. 

Mr.  Foster  had  been  hopeful,  during  the  latter  years  of  his 
life,  of  seeing  the  chapel  work  e.xtend  to  a  larger  field  and 
often  spoke  with  the  teachers  of  his  desire  for  its  future  use- 
fulness. 

It  was  at  a  meeting  held  in  the  home  of  Mr.  William  Pier- 
son  on  Clinton  avenue,  that  it  was  found  that  after  the  then 
recent  purchase  of  a  piano  there  still  remained  $9.00  over.    It 


was  proposed 'that  this  be  used  to  start  a  fund  for  a  new 
chapel,  and  on  being  put  to  vote,  was  unanimously  carried. 
Then  a  society  of  young  girls  of  the  church  donated  $25.00, 
and  a  short  time  afterwards  a  class  of  little  girls  in  the  chapel 
suggested  holding  a  fair.  And  so  the  fund  grew,  first  in 
small  amounts  and  later  aided  by  the  generous  gifts  of 
those  interested  in  the  chapel  and  its  work  and  the  tireless 
efforts  of  our  pastor  Dr.  Allen. 

In  the  year  1899  a  plot  of  ground  was  purchased  on  the 
corner  of  South  and  Dawson  streets,  and  in  May,  1900,  the 
laying  of  the  corner  stone  was  witnessed  by  a  large  gath- 
ering. 

During  the  latter  part  of  the  month  of  November,  1900,  we 
met  at  the  Mulberry  street  chapel  for  the  last  time  and 
marched  in  procession  to  take  possession  of  the  new  building. 

Although  it  was  with  rejoicing  that  we  felt  our  hopes  of 
years  were  realized  at  last,  we  could  not  help  a  feeling  of 
sadness  on  turning  our  backs  on  the  dear  old  chapel  where 
so  many  .scenes  of  joy  and  sorrow  had  been  experienced; 
but  the  Master  had  called  us  to  a  new  field  and  we  were  ready 
to  go. 

I  remember  distinctly  that  Sunday  some  years  ago,  when  in 
company  with  Mr.  Foster  we  took  a  walk  in  the  neighbor- 
hood of  the  present  building  and  Mr.  Foster  with  prophetic 
earnestness  said,  pointing  to  this  spot,  "That  is  where  a 
chapel  should  stand." 

And  there  to-day  it  stands — a  fitting  memorial  to  our  for- 
mer beloved  pastor.  Dr.  Wilson,  whose  interest  in  the  wel- 
fare of  our  school  was  always  so  deep ;  to  Mr.  Foster,  who 
heart  and  soul  were  devoted  to  the  work ;  and  to  the  officers, 
teachers,  and  others  whose  years  of  patient,  willing 
service  helped  those  under  their  care  to  know  the  Way  of 
Life. 


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ADDRESS. 

Samuel  Beaman. 

I  have  been  asked  to  say  a  few  words  to-night  and 
I  take  great  pleasure  in  adding  my  testimony;  not  only 
a  pleasure,  but  a  privilege  and  a  duty. 

I  was  born  and  have  lived  all  m)'  life  in  the  neighbor- 
hood of  this  chapel.  I  can  remember  when  it  was  not 
safe  for  a  woman  or  even  a  man  to  pass  through  many 
of  these  streets  even  in  the  daylight.  I  remember  attend- 
ing a  Sunday  School  anniversarj'  about  1868  and  was 
lost  coming  home  on  McWhorter  street.  I  met  some 
young  men  and  asked  them  where  South  Prospect  street 
was  and  was  repulsed  by  rough  and  profane  language. 

Comparing  the  past  with  the  present,  surely  there  has 
been  a  great  influence  for  good  from  this  chapel.  The 
children  being  in  and  about  the  chapel  have  been  taught 
how  God  would  have  them  live  and  they  grow  up  to  be  use- 
ful men  and  women. 

I  know  men  who  were  away  down  in  sin,  who  came  in 
touch  with  the  chapel  and  were  converted  and  are  now 
living  Christian  lives.  In  speaking  of  men  being  away 
down  in  sin,  I  am  reminded  of  one  of  the  Thursday  night 
prayer  meetings  held  in  the  Mulberry  Street  Chapel. 
John  Y.  Foster  said:  "Did  you  ever  look  at  a  baby  in 
its  mother's  arms,  so  innocent  and  pure,  and  then  look 
at  a  man  away  down  in  sin  and  think  for  a  moment  that 
that  man  was  once  an  innocent  baby,  and  how  much 
easier  it  is  for  a  man  to  go  away  down  in  sin  than  it  is 
to  be  redeemed  from  sin  ?"'  Through  the  Godly  influence 
of  the  chapel  there  have  been  many  redeemed,  I  being  one  of 
the  many,  having  had  a  faithful  teacher  who  labored 
with  me  for  years.     Her  labor  was  not  in  vain. 

God  only  can  tell  how  many  lives  have  been  changed, 
how  many  souls  have  been  saved,  how  many  homes  have 
been  benefitted  and  hearts  made  glad. 


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ADDRESS. 
Roy  Anthony. 

In  olden  times  one  noted  by  the  roadside  the  mile- 
stones, whose  inscriptions  told  the  journey's  length  from 
one  end,  and  on  the  reverse  side  the  distance  to  the  desti- 
nation. They  were  counted  slowly.  To-day  the  travel- 
ler on  the  "Limited  Express"  scarce  heeds  the  swiftly 
passing  posts  which  mark  the  way,  nor  can  he  catch  the 
figures,  so  quickly  are  they  gone.  Events  which  mark 
the  years  are  caught  in  the  drift  of  time  and  soon  carried 
on  the  swift  tide  almost  beyond  the  vision's  range.  To- 
night we  would  pause  beside  the  mile-stone  with  the  in- 
scription of  "50."  Retrospective  are  the  fancies,  and  our 
hearts  yearn  a  bit  to  hold  the  vanishing  years  with  all 
their  precious  memories. 

The  mile-stones  mark  the  flight  of  years,  but  they  tell 
no  tale  of  the  way  which  lies  between — they  record  no 
story  of  struggle  and  triumph ;  they  tell  us  not  of  what 
has  been,  and  of  what  might  have  been.  Heart  and 
memory  alone  hold  these.  Brave  and  true,  loyal  and 
loving  were  the  workers  in  these  years.  They  knew  the 
pastor  and  they  knew  the  needs  of  men.  It  was  not 
time  and  circumstance  that  were  interwoven  to  make  the 
history  of  this  half  century,  but  Christianity,  consecration 
and  personality. 

The  work  with  its  many  branches  is  known.  Our  Sun- 
day School,  directed  by  its  corps  of  38  earnest  and 
efficient  ofificers  and  teachers,  has  on  its  roll  325  scholars. 
Our  contributions  for  missions  have  been  large,  we  hav- 
ing sent  for  many  years  an  annual  gift  of  $100  to  the 
American  Sunday  School  Union  to  aid  the  work  of  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Fisher  in  establishing  Sunday  Schools  in  the 
Western  States,  and  also  contributions  to  the  Sunday 
School  work  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  that  section 
of  the  country.  The  primary  department  sends  yearly 
$15   to   Miss   Frances   Ufiford,   for  her  work   among  the 


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mountain  whites  of  North  Carolina,  and  also  contributes 
to  the  support  of  Miss  Cunningham  in  China.  Our 
Home  Department,  organized  for  the  systematic  study 
of  the  Bible  along  the  lines  of  the  International  Sunday 
School  lessons,  has  a  membership  of  40,  and  contributed 
$70  to  the  general  chapel  and  mission  work  last  year. 
In  connection  with  the  chapel  work  we  have  numerous 
societies — the  Faithful  Workers,  a  young  ladies'  mis- 
sionary society,  with  28  members;  the  Junior  Faithful 
Workers,  recently  organized,  composed  of  the  younger 
girls,  8  members ;  the  Brotherhood  of  Andrew  and  Philip, 
a  society  of  the  men  of  the  chapel,  meeting  Sunday  after- 
noons, having  a  membership  of  16;  the  Junior  Brother- 
hood, formed  of  the  younger  boys,  numbering  25  mem- 
bers. Nor  are  the  social  features  of  our  work  neglected. 
The  Sunday  School  has  a  well-selected  library  of  800 
volumes,  to  which  additions  are  constantly  made ;  there 
is  a  reading  room  conducted  by  the  Brotherhood.  In  the 
basement  we  have  a  gymnasium  and  a  bowling  alley, 
both  of  which  furnish  healthful  amusement  to  many  per- 
sons nightly. 

The  former  workers  one  cannot  name  entire — they  and  the 
leaders  we  can  but  cherish  in  memory.  Call  we  the  roll,  and 
only  silence.  Almost  all  have  passed  to  their  rest.  Despite 
the  thought  of  silent  lips  and  hands  cold  and  at  rest  for- 
ever, despite  the  sad  thought  of  loss,  we  know  that  the 
labor  of  their  hearts  is  secure.  Out  of  the  railroad  car 
have  grown,  through  God's  help  and  blessing,  church  and 
chapel.  From  a  score  there  are  going  forth  hundreds, 
scattered  far  and  near.  Mr.  Foster,  than  whom  no  man 
braver  or  more  loyal  ever  was  identified  with  the  work, 
once  on  a  journey  to  the  far  south  met  a  man,  a  man 
dusky-hued  from  his  African  descent.  It  was  at  a  great 
exposition,  and  the  man,  tall,  well-dressed,  was  in  charge 
of  the  exhibit  of  Pullman  cars.  Approaching  Mr.  Foster 
he  said,  "Aren't  you  Mr.  Foster?  When  I  was  a  little 
boy    I    used    to    go    to    Sunday    School    in    the    Mulberry 


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Street  Chapel,  and  I  shall  never  forget  what- my  teacher 
taught  me  there."  Just  one  instance  of  a  little  lad  taught 
simply  of  Christ's  love. 

Can  we  ever  measure  the  work,  can  we  ever  know  how 
far  it  permeated  the  world's  history,  or  ever  enumerate 
the  souls  won?  It  was  not  perfunctory  explanation  of  the 
Bible,  it  was  a  consecrated  personality  that  marked  the 
history  of  our  church,  chapel  and  reading  room.  Men 
were  sought,  friendless,  hopeless,  Godless.  The  touch 
of  a  hand  in  the  dark,  a  comprehending  sympathy,  an 
understanding  of  their  dire  needs.  Our  church  books 
record  members  admitted — they  do  not  show  the  great 
number  of  sinning,  friendless  ones  to  whom  the  story  of 
Christ's  love  has  been  the  opening  of  Heaven's  gate. 

Personal  consecration,  a  close  touch  of  hand  and  heart, 
have  identified  the  workers  of  old  South  Park  Church 
in  every  department.  And  the  debt  is  due  in  great  meas- 
ure to  our  pastors.  They  have  known  men  and  their 
needs,  and  have  ever  been  zealous  to  win  men. 

Fifty  years — half  a  century — out  of  the  nineteenth  into 
the  twentieth  with  all  its  promise.  The  old  mile-stones 
used  to  read  "lo  miles  to  the  starting  point."  Retrospec- 
tion allures  us.  We  like  to  scan  the  way  we  have 
traversed,  to  study  the  failures  and  the  victories.  We 
catch  the  glow  of  happy,  successful  hours,  and  we  see  the 
shadows  that  lurk  about  some  of  the  way.  But  what 
inscription  bears  the  stone  on  the  other  side?  Is  there  no 
promise  there?  For  the  individual  it  may  be  one  year 
to  Heaven — it  may  be  more ;  for  the  church  collectively, 
what?  Let  us  pass  beyond  the  mile-stone,  and  gather 
our  inspiration  and  incentive  from  the  index  pointing 
Heavenward.  Let  us  gather  wisdom  from  the  past,  in- 
spiration from  its  army  of  loyal  ones,  consecration  from 
the  Cross. 


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LETTER  OF  REV.  GEORGE  W.  LLOYD 

Branchville,  N.  J.,  Oct.  27,  1903. 
Dear  Bro.  Allen 

The  story  of  my  work  in  connection  with  the  foimdation 
of  things  relating  to  the  South  Park  Presbyterian  Church  is 
soon  told,  as  it  lasted  only  a  few  months,  ending  with  sick- 
ness and  death  in  my  family  and  removal  to  a  distant  part 
of  the  city.  I  arrived  in  New  York  from  England,  May, 
1850,  and  about  two  weeks  later  went  to  Newark  by  com- 
mission of  the  American  Tract  Society,  to  do  work  of  a  col- 
porteur, there  for  one  year,  and,  seeing  that  there  was  room 
for  evangelistic  work  in  the  neighborhood  of  the  Chestnut 
Street  R.  R.  depot,  I  conferred  with  several  members  of  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church  and  with  their  devoted  pastor,  the 
late  Dr.  Stearns,  who  at  once  favored  the  idea  and  also  offer- 
ed their  personal  help.  This  was  followed  by  the  timely  of- 
fer by  the  late  John  P.  Jackson  of  the  waiting  room  of  the 
Chestnut  street  depot.  He  did  more  than  this,  for  he  offered 
himself  as  a  teacher  in  the  Sunday  school.  Several  other 
Christian  men  and  women  also  tendered  their  services,  among 
whom  I  remember  the  names  of  Messrs.  A.  S.  Hubbell, 
Joseph  N.  Tuttle,  P.  H.  Porter  and  Dr.  J.  Henry  Clark,  and 
a  number  of  ladies  of  whom  I  can  only  recall  the  names  of 
Mrs.  Armstrong  and  Mrs.  Sayre.  These  not  only  gave 
their  services  but  contributed  liberally  of  their  money.  So 
the  mission  was  started  under  the  brightest  auspices  and 
thenceforward,  every  Sabbath  afternoon,  the  Sunday  school 
and  preaching  services  following  were  held.  It  was  not  long 
before  the  building  of  a  chapel  was  suggested  and  a  site  on 
Mulberry  street  selected,  and,  if  I  remember  rightly,  it  was 
built  the  following  year.  But  before  this  my  connection 
with  the  enterprise  was  providentially  brought  to  a  close  by 
my  removal  to  a  distant  part  of  the  city  as  before  stated. 

Your  telegram  to  me  has  called  up  some  very  pleasant 
recollections  of  the  noble  band  of  men  and  women  who  aided 
me  in  my  work  in  those  days.     Their  Christian  characters 


94 

seemed  to  me  to  be  absolutely  complete.  They  were  not  only 
hearers  of  the  word  but  doers  also.  The  countenances  of 
some  of  them  have  remained  vividly  in  my  memory,  and  the 
Christ-like  life  seemed  to  shine  out  in  every  feature.  My 
frequent  calls  upon  them  for  aid  to  some  necessitous  per- 
son or  object  was  promptly  responded  to  by  the  open  pocket- 
book,  and  the  production  of  it  was  accompanied  by  a  radiant 
smile  that  I  could  never  forget.  I  believe  they  are  all  gone 
home  to  their  reward,  and  I  have  no  doubt  that  each  one  of 
them  has  received  the  Master's  welcome,  "Well  done,  good 
and  faithful  servant.''  This  estimate  of  their  character  is 
not  founded  on  a  few  months'  experience  merely,  but  on  a 
succession  of  years  until  the  autumn  of  1857,  when  I  left 
Newark  to  accept  the  pastorate  of  the  Presbyterian  church 
of  the  place  in  which  I  now  live  the  life  of  a  retired  pastor. 
T  sincerely  hope  and  pray  that  the  young  people  of  the  South 
Park  Presbyterian  Church  may  all  become  just  such  fruitful, 
shining  Christians,  their  pastor's  joy  here  and  his  crown  of 
rejoicing  at  the  last  great  day.  Thank  you  for  your  kind  in- 
vitation which  has  just  come  to  hand  and  which  I  regret  I 
cannot  accept  on  account  of  the  infirmities  of  age  and  the 
loss  of  sight.  May  the  Lord  bless  you  in  your  present  fes- 
tivities and  your  future  church  work. 

Fraternally  yours, 

G.  W.  LLOYD. 


IFn  fIDemoriam. 


Inasmuch  as  God  in  His  inscrutable  Providence  has  taken 
from  us  by  death,  during  the  past  year,  three  of  our  Elders, 
greatly  beloved  and  honored — George  W.  Howell,  F.  Wol- 
coTT  Jackson  and  Charles  M.  Russell — the  members  of 
the  South  Park  Presbyterian  Church,  in  Annual  Parish 
Meeting  assembled,  would  place  on  record  their  deep  sense 
of  the  loss  which  our  Church  sustains,  and  their  sincere  ap- 
preciation of  the  characters  and  lives  of  these  Godly  men. 

For  many  vears,  through  manifold  vicissitudes  they  ren- 
dered lo\al  and  faithful  service  to  our  Church.  By  their 
wise  counsel,  generous  sympathy,  fervent  faith  and  earn- 
est co-operation  they  were  of  invaluable  assistance  in 
the    administration    of    its  spiritual    and    temporal    affairs. 

Their  singularly  pure  and  earnest  lives,  their  love  for 
their  Saviour,  their  convictions  of  right  and  duty,  and  their 
devotion  to  our  Church  and  to  the  Kingdom  of  God  every- 
where leave  behind  them  as  our  inheritance  inviolate  mem- 
ories and  imperishable  inspirations. 

Newark,  New  Jersey, 
January  i6th,  1905. 


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NAMES  OF 
Members  of  South  Park  Presbyterian  Church, 

CHRONOLOGICALLY    ARRANGED. 


Abbreviations-  P  denotes  Received  on  Profession  of  Faith 
C  denotes  Received  on  Certificate. 


MEMBERS  AT  ORGANIZATION, 
March  20,  1853- 


Armstrong,  Eliza  J. 

Bailey,  Jonathan. 
Bailey,  Abbey. 
Bradley,  Elizabeth  A. 
Brown,  Samuel  B. 
Burnet,  James  H. 
Burnet,  Zilphia  M. 

Caldwell,  Mary  Ann. 
Carter,  Aaron,  Jr. 
Crane,  William  A. 
Crane,  Janei  T. 

Ford,  Silas. 
Ford,  Susan  W. 

Harris,  Walter. 
Harris,   Serena. 
Harrison,  Ira  M. 
Harrison,  Mary  G. 
Hastings,  Joseph. 
Hastings,  Phebe. 

Jackson,  John  P. 
Jack.son,  Elizabeth  W. 


Jackson,  Joseph  C. 
Jackson.   Hetty. 
Jackson,  Julia  H. 
Johnson,  Aaron  C. 
Johnson,  Catharine  M. 
Johnson,   Matilda. 
Joline,  David  C. 
Joline,   Lucetta 

Kent,  Isaac. 
Kent.    Mary    W. 

Lockhart,   George. 
Lockhart,    l\Iaria. 
Lum,  Amos.  Jr. 
Luni,  Amanda. 

Magie.  Seth   W. 
Magie.  Harriet. 
Marsh,  Lewis. 
Marsh,  Ann  Rebecca. 
Mattoon,  Charles. 
Mattoon,  Phebe. 
McDermit,   Peter. 

Pierson,  Ralph  H. 
Pierson,  Sarah  A. 


98 


Pierson,  William. 
Pierson,  Hannah  M. 

Reeves,  Ezra. 
Reeves,  Nancy  M. 

Sayre,   Ezra  M. 
Sayre,  Sarah  M. 
Smith,  Samuel   P. 
Smith,   Sarah   W. 
Smith,  James  P. 


Smith,  Philo  W. 
Smith,  Amy  W. 

Thatcher,  John. 
Thatcher,  Eliza. 
Trotter,   Laura. 
Tucker.  Joseph  S. 
Tucker,   Elizabeth 
Tuttle,   Amelia. 


W. 


Whitehead,  Mary  Ann  G. 


MEMBERS  RECEIVED  SINCE  ORGANIZATION. 


Sarali   C.   Dillingham May 

jNlrs.    Matilda    Gardner 

Elizabeth  Walker   May 

Elizabeth    Lum    Aug. 

Mrs.  Mary  A.  S.  Darling 

Peter  Jackson    

Mrs.   Elizabeth  Tunis    

Mrs.  Joanna  Muzzy  

Ann  King   Nov. 

Laura  B.  Smith  Nov. 

Emily   Thomas    

William  Taylor    Nov. 

Mary  B.  Osborne   Dec. 

Mrs.  May  Pierson   

Mrs.  Catherine  Burnet   

Elizabeth  H.  Burnet   

John   A.  Johnson    Dec. 

Mary  Jane  Marsh   Feb. 

Mrs.  Margaret  H.  LeMassena  Feb. 

Susan   Wilco.x    

Elizabeth   L.  Tichenor    

Mrs.  Phebe  Baldwin   

Andrew    LeSlassena    

Mrs.  Antoinette  Parkhurst   

Samuel  S.  Darling  

Mrs.  Anna  R.  Wilson  

Mary  E.  Wilson   

Julia  A.  Pennington  May 


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24. 


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1853. 


1853- 
1853- 


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1853.  c. 

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1853. 
1854. 

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19.  1854. 


99 

Airs.   Elizabeth   Brown    May 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  M.  Walker 

James    McBoiney    June 

Mrs.  Mary  E.  Grannis   

Mrs.  Elizabeth  B.  Gruet 

Mrs.  Mary  Bond  Aug. 

Mrs.  Catherine  Lewis   

David   Bond    

Harriet    S.    Campfield Aug. 

Elizabeth  U.   Campfield   

Mrs.  Elizabeth   Beam    

Henry    Solomon    Sept. 

Mrs.    Eliza   Solomon 

Mrs.  Phebe  Dohlbeer  

Mrs.  Maria  Louisa  Beam  

Mrs.  Maria  S.  Looker  Nov. 

Samuel  Clark,  Sr.- Nov. 

Mrs.  Mary  N.  Clark 

Thomas  Linnett   Dec. 

Geo.   D.   Schonher    , 

Mrs.  Charlotte  Wilbur   

Abbie  L.  Woodruff 

Airs.  Phebfi  Durand  

Airs.  Phebe  A.  Emerson   Dec. 

Airs.  Sarah  Traver   Feb. 

Anna  J.   Traver    

Abbie   H.   Traver    

Anna  M.  Atchinson   

.\nthony  C.   Beam    

John    P.   Atchison    

Airs.   Parmelia   Atchison    

Mrs.   Elizabeth  Alenagh    June 

Airs.  Nancy  Guerin    

Stephen     Babbitt     

Airs.  AI.  Van  Winkle  June 

Joel  Alead   June 

Mrs.  A'lary  Ann  Alead   

Julia  Pierson    

Anna   G.   Wilson    Aug, 

Mrs.  Susan  J.  Dodd  

Jane  E.  Le Alassena   Aug. 

Airs.   Alary   Paul    Nov. 

Airs.  Julia   A.  Tillinghast    

Airs.  Susan  E.  Scott   


29. 

1854- 

C. 

c. 

4. 

I8S4- 

c. 
c. 
c. 

28, 

i8S4- 

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p. 
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31. 

1854- 

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c. 
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3. 

1854. 

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c. 
c. 

7, 

1854- 

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17. 

1854- 

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1854. 

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3, 

1854. 

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23> 

1855. 

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c. 
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15, 

1855- 

c. 
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22. 

1855- 

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29. 

1855. 

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25. 

1855. 

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31. 

1855- 

p. 

23, 

1855- 

p. 
c. 
c. 

lOO 

Maline   B.    Grossman    Nov.  23,  1855.      C. 

Mrs.  Sarah  A.  Grossman  "  C. 

Mrs.  Alex.  Ball   Dec.  4,  1855.     C. 

John  B.  Ackernian  "  C. 

Mrs.   Eliza  Ackerman "  G. 

R.  H.  Crane   •  •'  C. 

Mrs.  Gharlotte  Crane   "  C. 

Mrs.  Fanny  Gannon   Dec.  7,  1855.     G. 

Mrs.  Amelia  P.  Ashley  "  C. 

Mrs.   Rosaline   Lyon    "  C. 

John  Whitehead   "  G. 

Hannah  Jackson    Feb.  15,  1856.     P. 

Theodore  J.   Brown   "  P. 

James  A.  Arnold   "  P. 

Isaac  N.  Doty   Feb.  22,  1856.     P. 

Alex.  F.  Cobb   "  G. 

Mrs.  Clara  D.  Cobb  "  C. 

Mrs.  Susan  E.  Dwight   "  G. 

Humphrey  R.  Fuller   "  C. 

Mrs.  Isabella  M.  Fuller   "  G. 

J.   Emmons   Ball   "  C. 

Mrs.  Eliza  Ball   "  C. 

John  Young  "  ,  C. 

Mrs.  Catherine  Young "  C. 

Mrs.  Susan  E.  Dwight   "  C. 

Mrs.  Susan  C.  Thomas  "  C. 

Mrs.    Mary   E.    Arnold    Feb.  29,  1856.     C. 

Silas    Halsey    "  G. 

Mrs.  Frances  S.  Halsey "  C. 

Mrs.  Mary  Ann  Bruen "  C. 

Mrs.  Harriet   N.  Zabeler   "  C. 

Mrs.    James    L.    Halsey    "  G. 

Mrs.  Margaret  W.  Schmidt   "  P. 

Archibald  Parkhurst    May  16,  1856.     G. 

Mrs.  Phebe  O.  Parkhurst   "  C. 

Edwin    R.    Dillingham    May  23.  1856.     G. 

Mrs.  Susan  S.  Dillingham   "  G. 

Mary   P.   Connett    "  P. 

Mrs.  Jemima  H.  Achor  May  30,  1856.     C. 

Sidney  Gill    Aug.  30,  i8,s6.     C. 

Emily  Gill   "  G. 

Margaretta   P.   Wilson    "  C. 

William  Morehouse   Sept.  6,  1856.     C. 

Mrs.  May  Emily  Morehouse   "  C. 


lOI 


David   B.    Alorehoiise    Nov. 

Elizabeth   L.  Gregory   Nov. 

M.  C.  DeB.  Prince   

Lydia  A.   Doty   Dec. 

Elizabeth  H.  Marsh  

Mrs.  Ann  McKechney 

Mrs.  Agnes   P.   Mitchell    

Theodore   Giles    Feb. 

Mrs.  Theodosia  Giles   

Mrs.   S.   Ann    Morehouse    

Mrs.   E.    F.   Beardsley    

Nehemiah    Perry     Feb. 

Mrs.   Emetine    N.    Perry    

Clara    E.    Perry    

Mrs.   Rebecca  Ward   

Mrs.  Celia  Doty  

Rodney   At.   Wilbur    

Rebecca  Bates   May 

Albert  L.  Giese  

Mrs.   Catherine  Whitehead   June 

F.  J.  Ilsley   

Harriet  Woolly  

Mrs.  Helen  Burton   

Mrs.   Ann    Renard    Sept. 

George  Barnes 

Ellen  A.    George    

J.  A.  Halleck   Nov. 

Mary   L.    Halleck    

Mrs.  Francis  Young   

Stephen  B.  Young  

Mrs.   Sara   Ann    Perry    Nov. 

Asa    Whitehead    Dec. 

Mary    H.    Gill    Dec. 

Addison  W.  Woodhull Feb. 

F.  Wolcott  Jackson  

Leonard   P.    Brown    

.Alex.  T.  Looker   

Wm.   iM.   Berry   

Andrew    LeMassena,   Jr 

Martin    L.    Lum    

Isabella  Van  Winkle   

Joel    Harrison    Feb. 

Phebe   J.    Harrison    

Mrs.    Eunice  Tichenor    


21, 

1856. 

C. 

28, 

1856. 

c. 
c. 

5, 

1856. 

p. 
p. 
c. 
c. 

20, 

1857- 

p. 
p. 
p. 
p. 

it 

I8S7- 

c. 
c. 
c. 
c. 
c. 
p. 

29. 

1857. 

p. 

p. 

s. 

1857. 

p. 
c. 
c. 
c. 

4. 

1857. 

c. 
c. 
c. 

20, 

1857- 

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27. 

1857. 

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4. 

1857. 

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6. 

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19. 

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18.58. 

p. 
p. 
p. 
p. 
p. 
p. 
p. 
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26, 

1858. 

c. 
c. 
p. 

I02 

Mrs.  Anna  Maria  Hyde  Feb.     26,    1858.      P. 

Anna     Hyde     "  P. 

Mrs.   Henrietta    C.    Harford    "  P, 

Louisa    Baldwin    "  P. 

Ann  E.  Shooner   "  P. 

Mrs.  Caroline  Worne   '    "  P. 

Job.    B.   Brown    "  P. 

Eliza   O.   Johnson    "  P. 

Harriet  W.  Johnson    "  P. 

Susan  S.  Johnson  "  P. 

L.   Eveline   Lum    "  P. 

Abraham   Baldwin    "  C. 

Sarah    Baldwin    "  C. 

Helen  R.  Bonnell   Mar.      5,    1858.     C. 

James  H.  Winans  "  C. 

Mrs.  Jane  E.  Winans    "  C. 

Mrs.    Matilda    M.    Mattn.x    "  C. 

Airs.   Fannie   Fielding "  C. 

Mrs.   C.   Black  Fielding   "  C. 

Mrs.  Harriet  W.  Ward  "  C. 

Eliza  B.  Brown   "  P. 

Sarah  E.  Harrison   "  P. 

I.avinia  P.  Lum "  P. 

Huntington   W.    Freeman    "  P. 

John    P.   Jackson,   Jr "  P. 

Mrs.  Rosanna  M.  Russell   "  P. 

Cynthia    Strawn    "  P. 

Miss  Worne   "  P. 

Silas  B.   Condit    May    14,    1858.     C. 

Mrs.    Mary    Condit    "  C. 

Jane    E.    Cantield    "  P. 

Nathan    P.    Canfield    "  P. 

John   M.   Baldwin   "  P. 

John    Bryson    "  P. 

Robert  R.  Atchison   "  P. 

Joseph   W.   Mead    "  P. 

Mrs.   Cornelia  M.   Foster   May    21,    1858.     C. 

Mary   E.   Thompson    "  C. 

Nannie  J.  Nye   '"  P. 

Alice  B.  Condit   •'  P. 

John    Y.     Foster     "  P. 

Mrs.  Kate  M.  Giese  "  P. 

Mrs.  Martha  H.  Thomson    "  P. 

Susan  A.  Ford   "  P. 


103 


Frederick    Fielding    May   21, 

Frances   B.    Fielding    

Mary  E.  Mead  ' 

Mrs.    Eliza    B.    Voorhees May    28, 

Amanda    Riker     

Julia  Curtis   

Ann   Maria   Curtis    

Mary    E.   Jeffries    

Matilda   W.    Baldwin    

Mrs.   Fanny  H.  Ward   

M.    P.    Camfield    

Charlotte   Ford    

Conrad  IM.  Teese 

Arthur    B.    Clark    

David  H.  Simpson   

Sarah    I.    Burdick    

Mrs.   Hannah    Ward    June 

Henry  C.  Dodd   

Mrs.  Sarah  E.  Dodd   

Mrs.   Christine  G.   Brown    

Mrs.   Mary   F.    Nye    

Caroline    Mead    

Mrs.  Eliza  B.  Voorhees   

Mary  Tillinghast    

Mary    Meeker    

Mrs.  Lucy  D.  Conklin  

Mrs.   Elizabeth   Conklin    

David  A.   Ball,  Jr Aug. 

Maria    B.    Ball     : 

Edward   L.    Hamilton    

Mary   C.    Lum    

Samuel    Clark.    Jr Sept. 

George  W.   Howell    

Mrs.   Lizzie  W.   Howell   

Mrs.  M.  L.  Warren   

George    S.   Taylor    Sept. 

Josephine    Taylor     " 

Mrs.   Mary   M.   Crane    Nov.    19, 

Nehemiah    Perry,   Jr Dec.      4, 

Mrs.    Eliza   Kane    

Nathaniel    Cary    

Mrs.    Matilda    Cary    

Matilda  Cary   

Theodore    Coughlin     


1858.   P. 

P. 

P. 
1858.  C. 

c. 
c. 
c. 
P. 
p. 
P. 
p. 
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p. 
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c. 
c. 
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27,  1858. 


3,  1858. 


30.  1858. 


1858. 
1858. 


I04 


INlaria    D.    Stevens    Feb. 

Luther  G.  Thomas  

Obadiah    Woodruff    Feb. 

Sarah    F.    Perry    Mar. 

Isaiah    Beam    

Mrs.   Emma  Beam    

Philip     Ostrander     Mar. 

Mrs.  Emeline  Ostrander   

Mrs.   Maria   Ostrander    

Mary  Ostrander    

Mrs.  Ann  Walker   May 

Mary  A.  Gardner   

James   E.   Harrison    

Emma    Peters    June 

Charlotte   M.   Kitchell    

Francis   N.   Torrey    

l\Irs.  Julia  M.  Torrey   

John    J.    Ogden    

Mrs.   Louisa  V.   Ogden    

William  M.  Blake    

Jilrs.  Rebecca  A.  Blake   

James    H,    Hitchcock    

Mrs.  Julia  A.  Hitchcock  

Benjamin  Thomas   

Mrs.   Mary   Conger    

Robert   C.   Ribbans    

Mrs.   Louise    Colton    

Emma   Colton    

Mrs.    Elizabeth   Wilson    

Mrs.  Mary  E.  Pierson    

Mrs.    Van    Winkle     Sept. 

Isabella   Van   Winkle    

Caroline   Wilbur    Sept. 

Almira  Parkhurst   

James   M.   Thompson    

Mrs.  Sarah  A.  Thompson   Dec. 

Mrs.  Harriet  Thompson  

Mrs.   Emma  F.   E.  Woodhull    

Mrs.  Martha  Henry  Dec. 

Mrs.   Sarah    C.   Smith    Feb. 

.\aron   Baldwin    Mar. 

Elizabeth   Baldwin   

Jonathan    Pierson     Mar. 

Mrs.  Hannah  G.  M.  Johnson   June 


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105 

Charles  B.  Smith   June  i,  i860.      P. 

Mrs.   Hannah  Trawcr   "  P. 

Samuel    L.    Perry    "  P. 

Samuel   Murdock    "  C. 

Mrs.    Phebe    Wilson    Sept.  14,  i860.     C. 

Louisa  Conselyea   "  C. 

Caleb  H.  Ely   Sept.  26,  i860.     C. 

Mrs.  Sharline  Ely  "  C. 

Frances  E.  Ely  "  C. 

Julia    R,    Ely    "  C. 

Emma    A.    Ely.    "  C. 

Amos    Lum    "  C. 

Tilrs.   Amos    I.um    "  C. 

Eveline    Lum    "  C. 

Lavinia    Lum    "  C. 

r^lartin    L.    Lum    "  C. 

Mrs.  Harriet  McLaury  Lee.  6,  i860.     C. 

IMrs.  Lucy  N.  Rigelow   Feb.  22,  1861.     C. 

JMary  Cornelia   Brown    "  P. 

Mrs.   Eliza  E.  Harrison   Mar.  i,  1861.     P. 

Cornelia  Bonnell "  C. 

Isabel  M.  Randolph  "  C. 

Ada   Lum    "  P. 

Aaron  M.  King   May  31,  1861.     C. 

Mrs.  Emily  G.  King   "  C. 

Mrs.   Sally  W.   Smith    "  P. 

Henry   A.    ParUhurst      Sept.  6.  1861.     P. 

Mrs.   Sarah   Adams    "  C. 

Margaret  S.  Ryerson Nov.  15.  1861.     C. 

Stephen    H.    Wheeler    Nov.  22,  1861.     C. 

Mrs.  Mary  A.   Wheeler   "  C. 

C.   A.   Randolph    Nov.  29,  1861.     C. 

Mrs.   Emily   Randolph    "  C. 

Everet  B.  Staats "  C. 

Mrs.   Margaret    E.   Staats    "  C. 

Samuel     Crump     Feb.  14,  1862.     C. 

Mary    Johnson     "  P. 

Isabella  McKechney    "  P. 

Mary  Lucette  Grannis    Feb.  28,  1862.     P. 

Simeon     Pierson     "  p. 

Samuel    H.    Tory    May  30,  1862.     P. 

Elizabeth   Baldwin    June  5,  1862.     P. 

Joseph  D.  Doty  "  C. 

Mrs.  ^fldie  R.  S.  Doty "  C. 


io6 

■  Huntington    W.    Jackson June 

Mrs.   Mary   M     ;Martin    Sept. 

Robert  Heath 

Mrs.  Sarah   Heath    

Ann  Eliza  Heath 

Jane  N.  Clark 

Mrs.  j\Iary  A.  Ryerson   

Georgia  .'Vckerman   

S.  A.  Filter    

Mrs.  Sarah  A.  Breath Nov. 

Mrs.  Emily  H.   Connett   

Mrs.  Anna  E.  Smith Dec. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Ward  

Eliza  A.  Goes 

Lizzie    Reeves    

Anna  Breath   Feb. 

Lavinia  Morehouse    

Edwin  Riker  May 

Mrs.  Matilda  Riker 

Mrs.  Hannah  R.  Black  Oct. 

Tmogene  M.  Randolph Dec. 

Julia    Randolph     

Mrs.  Delia  E.  Streit  

Philo   W.  Smith    

Mrs.   Sarah   G.   Smith    

Fannie  Alvord Feb. 

Mrs.  Sarah  E.  Elston Mar. 

Fannie  Thatcher  

Mrs.  Gatherine  Alvord   

Mrs.  Jane  L.  Swain   

Anna    M.    Swain    

Ellis    Bonnell     

Mrs.    Gharlotte    Bonnell    

Mrs.  Joanna  Northrop   

Jane  E.  Northrop  

Mrs.   Catherine  Woodland    

Randolph  De  Gamp   April 

Mrs.  Henrietta  De  Camp  

Elizabeth  De  Gamp   

Wm.    B.    Parkhurst    May 

James     Honeyman     

E.  Pearson  ]\Joore   

Louisa    Hastings    

Henry    Baird     


5. 

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p. 

12, 

1862. 

p. 
c. 
c. 
c. 
p. 
c. 
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28, 

1862. 

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5, 

1862. 

G. 
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20, 

186,3. 

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29, 

1863. 

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186.1. 

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I07 

Mrs.   Ann   Baird    May  1.3,  1864.     P. 

Wm.    Clinton    King    "  P- 

Mrs.    Mary  A.   King    "  P. 

Jcnnette   De   Camp    "  P. 

i-luldah  N.   Clark    "  P. 

Jennie   Smith    "  P. 

Juliette   Smith    "  P. 

John  W.  Smith "  P. 

Mrs.  Mary  D.  Harrison   "  P. 

j\hiy    T.    Harrison     May  19.  1864.     P. 

Anna  C.  Harrison  "  P. 

Kate   Holloway   Smith    "  P. 

Bessie   P.   Bonnell    "  P. 

Hannah   B.   Bonnell    ■'  P. 

Hattie    E.    Thatcher    "  P. 

George    B.    Cobb    "  P. 

Edward  P.  Reeves  "  P. 

J.   Harvey  Day   "  P. 

William    V.    Brokaw    May  19,  1S64.     C. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  P.  Brokavif "  C. 

Julia  N.  Plnghes   May  27,  1864.      P. 

Fannie  O.  Meeker   "  P. 

Mrs.   Mary   H.   Whitehead    "  P. 

William  Jenkins    "  C. 

Mrs.  Sally  Jenkins   "  '    C. 

Isabella    .-X.    l.uni    "  P. 

Mrs.  Susan  E    Winans   "  C. 

William  J.  Gardner   "  P. 

i\lrs.  Henrietta  F.  Thatcher "  C. 

Charles   Yonn.g,   Jr May  31 ,  1S64.     P. 

Sarah   G.   Lyon    June  3.  1S64.     P. 

Helen   C.   Duy    -  P. 

Laura  Price "  P. 

Eliza  K.   Ryerson   "  P. 

Mrs.  Sarah  Sandford  "  P. 

John  J.   Quackenbush    Sept.  9,  1S64.     P. 

^Irs.   Helena  Quackenbush    "  P. 

.Ann  W.  West "  C. 

Lizzie  P.  Tucker   Sept.  16,  1864.     P. 

Martha  Johnson    "  P. 

Joseph    B.    Pierson    "  P. 

Klla  Cordelia  Soloman   "  P. 

Orine   C.    Benjamin    "  P. 

Mrs.  Catlierine  M.  Benjamin   "  P. 


io8 


William    M.    Blake    Sept. 

Mrs.  Rebecca  B.  Blake  

James  Charters   

Mrs.  Francis  E.  Charters  

A.   E.   Ballard    Nov. 

Mrs.  Louisa   Ballard   

Milo    Hine    Nov. 

Mrs.  Mary  C.  Hine   

Charles  Ribbans   

Mrs.   Anne   E.   Howe    Dec. 

Sarah  A.  Gill   

Amelia  C.  Noyes  

Mrs.   Emma   Bond    Mar. 

Jeanie   Baird   May 

Mrs.   Mary   De   Camp    May 

William  R.  Freeman   

Mrs.  Mary  A.  D.  Freeman   

Alfred  E.  .-Mien   June 

Mrs.   Louisa  Allen        

Mrs.  Catherine  Stevenson   

Mrs.  Mary  Ann  Dunham  

Mrs.  Harriet  Young 

Horatio  N.  Peters   June 

Joseph  C.  Young 

Elizabeth  H.  Magie   

Mrs.  Elizabeth  D.  Pierson 

Henrietta  .\.  Ackley   

Mrs.  Susan  Virtue    Sept. 

Matthew   Mann   Sept. 

Richard    Cudebeck     Dec. 

Mrs.  Margaret  E.  Cudebeck   

Mrs.   Catherine   Lindsley   

Anthony  C.  Beam  

Mrs.  Elizabeth   Beam    

Rebecca   L.    Beam    

>,Irs.    Francis   Simpson    

Mrs.  Louisa  Allen  Feb. 

Abraham  P.  Buckbee 

Mrs.  Cornelia  F.  Blauvelt 

George  S.  Clapp   Feb. 

Delia    Henry    

Mrs.  Sarah  J.  W.  Baker Mar. 

Mrs.  Ann  W.  Baker  Mar. 


i6, 

1864. 

P 
P 
P 
P 

19, 

1864. 

C 
C 

26, 

1864. 

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23. 

1866. 

p. 

p. 

2, 

1866. 

c. 

25. 

1866. 

c. 

109 

Mrs.   Margaret   Halsey    May      2,    1866.     C 

Julia    S.    Halsey    "  C. 

Clinton  De  Camp  "  C. 

Mrs.  Lydia  De  Camp   "  C. 

Cornelia   De   Camp    ••■•_> "  C. 

Ella  F.  De  Camp   "  C. 

Laura  F.  De  Camp  "  C. 

Electa  De  Camp   "  C. 

Marietta  King   "  P. 

Edward  M.  Corwin   "  P. 

Mrs.  Rachel  M.  Sweezey   April   14,    1866.     P. 

Walter  Stewart   "  P. 

Mrs.   .A.nnie   Stewart    "  P. 

Sarah   A.   Baldwin    "  P. 

Mrs.  Catherine  Stewart   "  C. 

Ida  Stewart "  C. 

Mrs.  Catherine  A.  Lyon   •           "  C. 

Mrs.   Hannah   M.  Vinson   May    18,    1866.     P. 

Charles   Newton    Hine    "  P. 

Benton  K.   Hine    "  P. 

Randolph  D.  De   Camp   "  C. 

Mrs.  Randolph  D.  De  Camp  "  C. 

Elizabeth    De   Camp    "  C. 

Jeanette  De  Camp   "  C. 

Mrs.  Mary  E.  Whitehead  May    25,    1866.     C. 

Rev.  Josiah  J.   Brown   "  C. 

Pauline    Christie    June      7,    1866.     C. 

Alex.   L.   Runyon "  C. 

Mrs.   Lydia  A.   Runyon    "  C. 

Nora    Runyon    "  C. 

Mary  F.  Runyon  "  C. 

Mrs.   Mary  C.  Jacobus   "  C. 

Marj'    C.    Jacobus    ''  C. 

Mrs.  Anna  M.  Smith  "  C. 

Anna   M.    Smith    "  P. 

Carrie  Smith  "  P. 

Alex.    Underwood    "  C. 

Mrs.  Julia  B.  Underwood   "  C. 

Amos  Lum,  Jr Sept.  28,    1866.     C. 

Mrs.  Amanda  Lum  "  C. 

Mrs.  Addie  Squire  "  C. 

Martin  L.  Lum   "  C. 

Eveline   Lum    "  C 

Samuel  Baldwin 


no 

Mrs.   Sylvia  A.  Baldwin   Sept.  28.  1866.      C. 

Asa  W.  Taylor   Oct.       s,  1866.     C. 

Mrs.  J.   F.   Taylor    "  C. 

Mrs.   Hannah   B.   Henderson    "  C. 

Adeline   Hazen    , Nov.  23.  1866.     C. 

Mrs.  Sarah  Jerolemon    "  P. 

Mrs.   Mary   E.   Streib    Nov.  30,  1866.     P. 

Mrs.    Emily    Wilson "  P. 

Allen  N.  Leet   "  C. 

Mrs.  Isabella  S.   Leet   "  C. 

William    Plattner "  C. 

Mrs.  Emily  C.  Plattner '*  C. 

Addie    Plattner    "  C. 

Mary  F.   Plattner   "  C. 

William    A.    Howell    "  C. 

Mrs.  Lucetta  Howell  "  C. 

William    H.    Klapp    Feb.  15.  1867.     C. 

Mrs.   Fanny   B.   Woodruff    Feb.  22,  1867.     C. 

Wilson     H.     Woodruff     ■'  C. 

Kate   B.  Woodruff   "  C. 

J.  Bently  Squire   Mar.      1.  1867.     P. 

James  Warren  "  C. 

Mrs.  Mary  N.  B.  Warren  "  C. 

David    Barnet    "  P. 

Mrs.  Henrietta  Barnet   "  P. 

Peter  E.   Lennox    "  P. 

.Mrs.  Mary  Lennox   "  P. 

Whitefield   D"e    Camp    May  17,  1867.     P. 

William  H.  Elston   "  P. 

.\nna  Jacques  "  P. 

Stephen    B.    Young    "  C. 

Mrs.  Mary  P.   Young   "  C. 

Heber    Hughes    May  24,  1867.     P. 

Mrs.    Martha   Tucker    "  C. 

Edwin   Harrison    "  C. 

Mrs.   Sarah    F.   Harrison    "  C. 

S.   Henry   Crane    "  C. 

Mrs.  Fannie  W.  E.  Clapp  May  31.  1867.     P. 

Mrs.  Caroline  Hallock   "  C. 

Mrs.  J.  Irene  Crane  "  C. 

Mary    E.    Tucker     "  C. 

William   Russell    "  C. 

Nellie   Russell    "  C. 

Willie  Russell    "  C. 


Ill 


Mrs.  Mary  J.   Swain    May 

Charles   A.    Gould    

Mrs.  May  A.  Gould   

Mary  H.  Earle   Oct. 

Mrs.  Phebe  J.  Grymes   

Halsey  C.   Camfield   

Joseph  C.  Young 

James  Lindsley  Nov. 

Charles  N.   Riker   Nov. 

Mrs.  Lizzie  V.  S.  Ball  Nov. 

Mrs.  Susan  E.  Thompson   

Reuben   M.   Sutphen    

Mrs.  Virginia  Sutphen   

Theron  Y.  Sutphen    

Ella  V.   Sutphen   

.Mrs.  Josephine  O.  Dalrymple  Feb. 

E.   M.   Fitzgerald    

Mrs.  Mary  Fitzgerald   

Mary  Rushton    May 

Charlotte    Zimmerman    

Emma  J.  Tuttle    

1  .ewis    Harris     June 

.\nna   Reeves    

Theodore  F.  Johnson   

Mrs.  Anna  V.  Johnson   

Mrs.   Joanna   Hughes    

Mrs.    Vail     Sept. 

Joseph  Aleredith   

Hattie    Campfield     Oct. 

Mrs.   Caroline  M.  Titus 

Mrs.   Mary  Smith    

Cordelia  O.  Ross 

H.  M.  Bruce  Nov. 

Mrs.  H.  M.  Bruce  

Thomns  Darlington   Dec. 

Mrs.  Hannah  Darlington  

Mrs.  Matilda  Brown   

Mrs.  Emily  Perry,  Jr 

Mrs.   Abbie  Smith    

Mrs.  Abbie  Earle   

Elihu  B,   Baker   

Augustus   T.    Gillette    

Mrs.   Aletta    Gillette    

John  E.  Somerset   Feb. 


31. 

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Mrs.    Henrietta    Thatcher    Feb. 

iVIrs.     Eliza    Somerset     

Joseph   M.   Ritner   Feb. 

Mrs.  Mary  E.  Hiitman  

Louise  G.  King  ilar. 

Mrs.  Annie  Reynolds  Ritner 

George  B.  Thompson   

Mrs.   Harriet  Thompson    

Sylvester  T.  Conant Mar. 

Mrs.  Sylvester  T.  Conant  

Mrs.   Susan   C.    Manderville    May 

Virginia    C.    Manderville 

Ophelia    Smith     

Schuyler  B.  Jackson June 

Mrs.  Jeanie  R.  Thomas 

E.  Livingston  Hamilton  June 

Mrs.  Mary  C.  Hamilton   

Mrs.  Margaret  McKirgan   Sept. 

Samuel    Wilhelm    Oct. 

Stewart  H.  Kelley  Nov. 

Mrs.  Martin  C.   Kelley   

Edward  M.  Pierson  Dec. 

Mrs.  Helen  E.  Pierson   

Allen    N.    Leet     

Mrs.  Isabella  Leet   

Monroe   Porter    

Mrs.  Caroline  W.  Porter   

Robert  G.  Tobey   

Mrs.  Olive  E.  Tobey  

Mrs.  Eleanor  C.  Goble   Feb. 

Mrs.  Martha  Streit   

David  P.  Parkhurst   

John    Soden    Feb. 

Mrs.  Ann  Soden   

Thomas  V.  Johnson  

Mrs.  Ale.xina  Johnson  

Robert  C.  Ryerson  

Mrs.  Kate  Ryerson 

Mrs.   Elizabeth   Lee   Conant    

James  Reeves June 

Thomas  Freeman   

John  Earle Sept. 

Oscar  E.  Day 


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William   Picrson    Sept.  .?o,  1870.     P. 

Jacob  K.  Meade "  C. 

iMrs.  Julia  Clarke   Littell    "  C. 

Mrs.  Catherine  Remsen   "  C. 

William  Pfyfe    "  C. 

Mrs.   Anna    Pfyfe    "  C. 

Anna    Pfyfe    "  C. 

Mary    Pfyfe    "  C. 

Isabella   Pfyfe    "  C. 

Lillian  Pfyfe • "  C. 

Vincent  M.  Wright  Nov.  25,  1870.     C. 

Mrs.  Kate  Wright "  C. 

Mrs.  Sarah   Meeker   "  C. 

John   Brisbin    Dec.  2,  1870.     P. 

Mrs.  Adelia  Brisbin  "  i'. 

Mrs.   Lavinia  Rowland   Feb.  24,  1871.     P. 

Mrs.  Phebe  L.  LeMassena   "  P. 

Theodore   Le  Massena    "  P. 

Mrs.  Lillian  Le  Massena   "  P. 

Joanna   L.   Crane    "'  P. 

William  E.  Crane  "  P. 

Phebe  C.  Crane  "  P. 

Mrs.  Meta  Abeel  Mar.  3.  1871.     P. 

James  H.  Darlington  < "  P. 

Kate  Wild   '•  P. 

Clara  Sabine  "  P. 

Daniel   Halsey   "  C. 

Mrs.  Annie  E.  Halsey  "  C. 

William  R.  Weeks   . ". "  C. 

-Mrs.   Irene   L.  Weeks    "  C. 

Mrs.  Margaret  Bless   "  C 

Mrs.  Margaret  Williams "  C. 

May  L.   Norton   June  2,  1871.     P. 

Lizzie   Slate "  P. 

Isaac   Kent    June  3,  1871.     C. 

Mrs.  Mary  Kent   "  C. 

Carrie   Kent    "  C. 

Mrs.  Lucy  .\.  Gray "  C. 

Emma  E.  Gray   "  C. 

Mary   L.  Scott    Sept.  22,  1871.     P. 

Elizabeth   F.  Disbrow   Sept.  29,  1871.     C. 

George  D.  Whitehead  "  P. 

Mrs.  .\manda  C.  Darling Nov.  17,  1871.     C. 


114 

James  C.  Darling  Dec.  i,  1871.     C. 

Mrs.   Martha  Darling   "  C. 

Hannah  W.  Woodhull   "  C. 

Peter  J.  Smith   Feb.  i.  1872.     C. 

Mrs.  Peter  J.  Smith    '"  C. 

Mrs.  Mary  A.  Munn  Feb.  16.  1872.     C. 

Thos.   J.   Jackeman "  C. 

llavid   C.   Dodd,  Jr ' Feb.  2i,  1872.     C. 

Mrs.  Adeline  R.  Dodd   "  C. 

James  C.  Dodd   "  C. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Dodd ' "  C. 

Philip  C.  Scudder  "  C. 

Mrs.  Jane  M.  Scudder  "  C. 

Mary  Caroline  Darcy   "  C. 

Mrs.  Eliza  Wilcox  "  C. 

Jennie    Dodd    Mar  i,  1872.     P. 

Mary    Underwood    "  P. 

Mrs.  Thos.   Freeman   ''  P. 

Emma  V.  Miller   "  C. 

Mrs.  Helen  A.  Hall  "  C. 

John    H.   Tuttle    '•  C. 

Mrs.  P.  D.  Tuttle  "  C. 

Chas.   E.  Williams    May  10,  1872.     P. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  C.  Hawk "  C. 

Mrs.  Eleanor  C.  Bartam  May  17,  1872.     P 

John    Woodhull    "  P. 

Sarah  W.  Goble "  P. 

Joseph     Meredith     "  C. 

Clara  Ward  ^lay  24.  1872.     P. 

Lizzie    Lenox    "  P. 

Margaret  A.   Higginson   "  P. 

Henrietta  Schonher   "  P. 

Charles  M.  Bird   Oct.  4,  1872.     P. 

Mrs.  Jennie  E.  Bird  "  P. 

Abbie    Holmes    Nov.  15,  1872.     C. 

Edward    Holmes     "  C. 

Eddy  .A.  Underwood  Nov.  22,  1872.     P. 

.Mrs.  Margaret  H.  Young Nov.  29,  1872.     P. 

Mrs.  Lizzie  Beardsley "  P. 

Mrs.   Julia   Page    "  P. 

Mrs.   Emily  J.   Crittenden    "  C. 

Martha  P.   Crittenden   "  C. 

Joel    P.    Crittenden    "  C. 

Henry  M.  Woodruff Feb.  14,  1873.     P. 


"5 

Lizzie     Parkluirst     Feb. 

Joseph   Smith    Feb. 

Etta  Scott   

Ellen  M.  Bruce  

Charlotte  Wilbur    

Mary  F.  Oliver   

Joseph  W.  Plume   

Mrs.  Susie  A.  Plume  

Mrs.  Laura  E.  Harris  

Mrs.  Fannie  I.  Clerihew  

Mrs.  Maggie  S.  WoodhuII   

William   Beam    May 

Herbert    Ward    

Thomas    Darlington 

Charles   Darlington    

Rebecca  Beam   May 

Ella    Morrow    

Carrie   E.   Morehouse    

Joseph  T.  Howland   

Emma  L.  Willett   

Mary  F.  Diiy   

Amelia  Beam    May 

William  S.  Disbrow  

Edward  C.  Fletcher 

Hannah  B.  Johnson 

Mrs.  .\nn  Straghan  Sept. 

Elias     M  orrow     

John   S.    Murden    Sept. 

Julia    Ball    Nov. 

Bessie   Moorhead    

Fannie  W.  Disbrow  Dec. 

Margaret    M.   Kitchell    

Joseph    B.    Pierson    Dec. 

Wm.   A.  Thompson    Feb. 

Mary  A.   Pierson    

Adelia  F.  Heath   

Thomas     Straghan     

Emma  L  Lennox   

Joseph    S.    Vinson    

Louisa    Weaver    

Florence  A.  De  Camp  

William   Pierson    Feb. 

Mrs.   Mary  E.   Pierson    

K.    O.    Pierson    


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Mrs.   Josephine   Haight    

Leonora    B.    Smalley    

William  G.  Wagoner 

Mrs.  Anna  Weeks   

Mrs.   Sallie   A.   Hartman    

Mrs.  Lizzie  A.  Straghan   

Clarissa   Adel   Jaques    

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Groome   

Mary    Higginson     

George    C.    Howell    

Anna  Gordon   May 

Francis  W.  Longstreet   May 

Mrs.    Charlotte    Longstreet    

John  H.  Vinson 

Ida  Augusta  Vinson 

Maggie    Baird     

Emma    B.    Stultz    

Laura   Foster   June 

Viola    Wilcox     July 

Walter   Johnson    Sept 

Caleb  L.  Woodruff Oct, 

Chas.    D.    Ridgeway    

Mrs.  Julia    Ridgeway    

Mrs.  Fannie  O.  Harrison   

James     Scranton     Nov. 

Mrs.  Kate  L.  Scranton   

Sam'l   K.  Warrender   

Kate  Wild  

.■\ugust  W.  M.  Rosinger Dec.      4, 

Joseph  H.  Minster  

Treneus    Cooper    Mar.      5. 

Samuel  Platner   

Ella    May    Blauvelt    

Mrs.  Josephine   R.   Downing    

Mrs.  Mary  H.  Perry  June 

William   A.    Perry    

John  C.  Heath  

James  Straghan  

Winthrop     Platner     

Mary   C   Brown    June      6, 

Mrs.   Laura  E.   Beach   Sept.  24, 

Mrs.    Shreeve    Oct.       i,    1875.     C. 


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Henry  Pennington  Whitehead    

Mrs.  Julia  R.  Davis   

Mrs.   Hannah   N.   Parker    Dec. 

Mrs.   Ella   Louise   Halsey    

Mrs.  S.  E.  Dimmick   

Kate   Dimmick    

John    S.    Carpenter    

Mrs.  Alice  D.   Carpenter   

James    Dodd    

Evelyn    Tichnor    

Lina    Stacke    

Adeline   De  Camp    

Amelia    Benrider 

Chas.   H.   Wooden    

Mrs.   Francis    Mackvvell    Feb. 

Mrs.   Richard   Higginson    Feb. 

Kate    Hamilton     

Ida    Dodd     :.. 

Julia   Hall    Mar. 

Henry   Thompson    Freeman    

Fletcher    L.    Fisher    

Mrs.  Mary  A.  Groome   June 

Ida    Cooper    

Maggie    Scott    

William    H.     Inslee     

Jacob    K.    Meade     

Mrs.    Harriet   W.    Meade    

William   M.   Blake    

Mrs.  Rebecca  A.  Blake   

Lizzie   ^L   Blake    

Fanny    H.     Blake     

Garrett  V.  D.  Conover  Sept. 

Mrs.    Louisa    Conover    

John     B.    Jackson     Dec. 

.A.ddison    W.    Woodhull     

William   H.   Smith    

Mrs.    Mary   A.   Aldridge    Mar. 

Mrs.   Amelia  Ridge    

Arthur    R.    Denman    

Augustus    Darlington    May 

Mrs.   Annie   C.   Young   

Louise    Graham     May 


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Anna     Ward     June 

Helen    Wilson     

Mrs.   Virginia   Brittin    

Mrs.    Huldah    Lentz    

Richard   N.   Denhara    Sept. 

A.   Lewis   Morrow    

Edward    Harbison.   Jr 

Joanna   Mills    Oct. 

Mrs.    Richard   N.   Denman    

Edward    Harbison    

Mrs.   Francis   J.    Harbison    

Edward    G.    Aikman     Nov. 

Alexander    Meine     

Geo.    A.    Halsey    Mar. 

Philo    W.    Smith.   Jr 

.Mary    Sophia    Zabeler    

Mrs.    Carrie    E.    Munn    

Mrs.    Sadie    L.    V".    Sutphen    

J.    Calvin    Smalley     

Mrs.  Sarah  Amelia  R.  Smalley   

Charles    E.    Matthews    May 

.Mrs.   Susan    Matthews    

Frank  H.   Vinson    Sept. 

Clarence     E.     Bond     

John    Malcolm     

H.    O.    Meeker    Oct. 

William    S.    Meeker    

Louis   B    Denny   Nov. 

Frank  P.  Clark   

Maria     Groome     

Henry  J.    Holzhauser    Feb. 

Emma    Volker     

Minnie    Volker    

Arthur  B.   Clark    Mar. 

Mrs.  Mary  R.   Clark    

Mrs.  Sarah  Francisco   

.•\delaide    Graham     

.\llen    L.    Bassett    Tune 

Mrs.   Anna   S.   Bassett    

rVllena     Bassett     

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Mrs.    -Adelia    Sherman    Oct. 

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Ella     Boynton     

Ella  T.   Davis    

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William    R.    Ailing    Dec. 

Mrs.   Emma   D.   Ailing   

Mrs.    Isabella    Baird    

Chas.     H.     Merritt     

Lillian   E.  Woodhnll   May 

Anna    Wilbur     

Carroll  P.   Bassett   

William    Link    

Mrs.    ^Litilda    Link    

Mrs,   Cora   C.    Hubbell    

Mrs.   Eliza   H.   Howell    June 

Virginia     White     

Florence    Johnson     Sept. 

Mary    Alice    Street     Sept. 

William    V.   Jackson    

Nellie    B.    Thomson    C)ct. 

Hattie    Thomson    

William   O.  McDowell    \ov. 

Mrs.    Josephine    McDowell     

Mrs.  Laura  O.  Hughes  

.\Litilda     F.     Baker     Feb. 

Jennie    C.    Thompson    Mar. 

Frederick  W.   Jackson,  Jr 

Perry    Walton     

Frank    Bushnell     

Mrs.   Carrie   Sellus   Bushnell    

Mrs.    Margaret  -  Westfall     

Mrs.   Catherine   E.    Brewster    

Julia     Halsey     

Gardiner    Perry     Mar. 

Louis   F.    Hofifman    

Chas.    E.    Wheeler     

Mrs.  Minetta   P.   Cooper   

Emma    L.    Wilett     

Mrs.   Mary   Ellis  Wagoner   

Samuel    L    McDonald    May 

Fannie    E.    Baker    

Lizzie    R.    Baker    

May    L.    Baker    


3. 

1879. 

c. 
c. 
c. 
c. 
c. 

5' 

1879. 

c. 
c. 
c. 
p. 

5' 

1880. 

p. 
p. 
p. 
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c. 
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4. 

1880. 

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24. 

18S0. 

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188 1. 

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c. 
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27, 

I88I. 

p. 
p. 
p. 
p. 

I20 

Mrs.  Sallie  E.  Ward May  27.  1881.      C. 

Jeanie  C.   Howell    "  C. 

Mrs.   Annie   Denning    '"  C. 

Horace  A.    Hall    June  3.  1881.     P. 

Edward   M.   Sherman    "  P- 

Susan   Wilson   Wilbur    Nov.  27,  1881.     P. 

Norman   E.   Shotwell    Dec.  2,  1881.     C. 

Mrs.    Caroline    Shotwell    "  C. 

Alex.   C.   Craighead    "  C. 

Anna    Aldrich     Feb.  27.  1882.     P. 

Alexander    Frykberg     Mar.  3,  1882.     P. 

Marion   G.   Darlington "  P. 

Emma  E.  Healy   "  P. 

Samuel   F.  Blanchard    "  C. 

Mrs.  Anna  M.  Blanchard   "  C. 

Mrs.  Anna    Beach "  C. 

lAIrs.  Huldah   H.   Dayton    "  C. 

Ruth    H.    Dayton    "  C. 

Mrs.   Mary   D.   Rose    "  C. 

Mrs.   Lizzie  Raymond  Whitehead    "  C. 

Edgar    J.    Sutphen     "  C. 

Nellie     Healey     May  26.  1882.     P. 

May  Adelaide  Healy "  P. 

Clara    Hawk    June  2.  1882.     P. 

Carrie    Morrow     "  P- 

D.  Ellis  Woodhull   "  P. 

Geo.  W.  Cook  "  C. 

J.   Woods    Poinier    "  C. 

Mrs.  .^bbie  L.  Poinier   "  C. 

Peter  Sanford  Ross "  C. 

Mrs.   Kate  E.  Ross    "  C. 

Mrs.  Mary  F.  McConnell    "  C. 

Stephen  H.  Foulke   Sept.  29.  1882.     C. 

Mrs.   Anna   Foulke    "  C. 

Mrs.   Mary    H.    Macknet    "  C. 

Emily    E.    Grant     "  C. 

Mrs.    Annie    A.    Kent    "  P. 

Hattie   S.    Macknet    "  P. 

Mrs.   Harriet   H.   Ward    Dec.  i,  1882.     C. 

Phebe   W.   Taylor    "  C. 

Chas.   B.   Wagner    Feb.  23,  1883.     P. 

Clarence  T.   Piatt   "  P. 

Emma   J.   Baldwin    Mar.  2,  1883.     P. 

Clara     Tones     "  P- 


121 

Carrie  F.  H.  Poole  Mar.      2,  18S3.      IV 

Elliott    A.    Archer    "  P. 

Helen   S.   Poinier "  P 

Emma    L.    Groome    "  P. 

Clias.    H.    Jackson    "  P. 

H  enry   G.   Pierson    "  P. 

Leonard  P.  Brown,  Jr "  P. 

Lida   E.    L.   Hastings    "  P. 

Mamie   M.    Rommell    Mar.  4,  1883.     P. 

Eloise    G.    Haight    "  P. 

Lillie    Haight     "  P. 

Josephine    G.    Haight    "  P. 

Louise   P.    Reeve    "  P. 

Lulu   Bless    "  P. 

George    Fryckberg    "  P. 

Mary    Fryckberg    "  P. 

Rodney   Wilbur    May  18,  1883.     P. 

Helen    Wilbur     "  P. 

Irene    Cooper    "  P. 

Geo.   E.   Poole    May  25,  1883.     P. 

H.  Antoinette  Looker "  P. 

Julia   N.   Healy   "  P. 

James    Dabb    "  P. 

Clarence    E.    LeMassena    '  "  P. 

Gertrude    Halsted    Thomas    "  C. 

Charles   E.   Young    June  i,  1883.     P. 

John    Gardner    Gould "  P. 

James    Parker    Dodd     "  P. 

Jeanie   Eliza  T.  Sandford   "  P. 

Kate  W.   Meade   "  P. 

Harriet  E.  Conant  "  P. 

Alice    G.    Doty    June  3,  1883.     P. 

Bessie  S.  Ball   Nov.  23,  1883.     P. 

Annie   Soden    "  P. 

Mrs.    Kate.  Kirkhoff Nov.  30,  1883.     C. 

Mrs.  Villa  Gardner   "  C. 

Matilda    Brovi^n     "  P. 

Theodore   Faulke    "  P. 

Mrs.   Sarah '  G.   Smith    Feb.  22,  1884.     C. 

Woodruff   Faulke    Feb.  29,  1884.     P. 

Mrs.    Docia    E.    Betts    May  30,  1884.     P. 

Mrs.   Lottie   Bishop  Wagoner    "  C. 

Nathan    B.    Wagoner    "  P. 

Mrs.   Charlotte   B.   Florrance    Oct.  5,  1884.     C. 


122 

Frederick  Wilson   Paul    Dec. 

Mrs.  Fannie  E.  Paul   

Mrs.  Sarah  E.  Riker   Dec. 

Mrs.    Laura    M.    Moreau    

Maritna    Darning    

.\lice     Poinier     

Mary    Eveline    Young    Feb. 

Harriet  Adelaide   Young   

Charles    Edwin    Young    

William    H.    Douglass    

Mrs.   Martha   H.   Douglass 

Grace    Eliza    Deming    May 

Geo.   T.    Gould    

Mrs.    Mary    E.    Brown    

Philip    Nye   Jackson    June 

Mrs.    Margaret   A.   Jackson    

Annie  Florence   Gould    

Mary    Lennox     

Mrs.   Leona  Pierson    

Mrs.   Kate   L.    Linnett    Oct. 

Ida    B.    Bond    

Grace    C.    Faiilke     

Grace   .-K.    ?.Iorrow    

.\ugusta    Flagger    

Noah  Brooks  Dec. 

.Mrs.   Eliza  S.   Ball    

Harriet    E.    Ball    

Maria    D.    Stevens    

Mrs.  Harriet  S.  Farrand  

Ruth   Healy    

Louisa  -\.  Streit Mar. 

Carrie   M.   Widnian    

Addie     Benrider     

Minnie    C.    King    

Howard    W'right    Walton    June 

Charles    P.    Florence    

.^nson    A.    Carter    June 

Mrs.  Jane   M.   Shipman    Oct. 

Mrs.   Florence   Baird  Jackson    

.•\melia    .\ldridge     Feb. 

Mary    Brown    

Julia    I  sabel    Sinims     

Charles    Schanze     

Mrs.    Laura    Schanze    


2, 

1884. 

P. 
P. 

5, 

1884. 

P. 
P. 
C. 
C. 

27. 

1885. 

c. 
c. 
c. 
c. 
c. 

!9. 

1885. 

p. 
c. 
c. 

5- 

1885. 

p. 
c. 
p. 
p. 
c. 

2, 

1885. 

p. 
p. 
p. 
p. 
p. 

4, 

1885. 

c. 
c. 
c 
c. 
c. 
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5. 

1886. 

p. 
p. 
p. 
p. 

4, 

1886. 

p. 
p. 

6, 

1886. 

p. 

I, 

1886. 

c. 
p. 

'5. 

1887. 

p. 
p. 
p. 
c. 
p. 

123 

Mrs.  Phebe  E.  Cook Feb. 

Mrs.    Elizabeth    Noble    Mar. 

Mrs.   Sarah    E.   Hargreaves    

Thomas    B.    Armstrong    

Charles   W.    Rice    

Mrs.    Laviiia    Schenge    

Mary  Meade  

Mary    Baker     

Joseph    Percy    Bartram    

Pauline    McDowell    

Mary  Frances  Arnold   May 

Ella   J.    Winterbottom    June 

Edward  James   Stevens    

James    Scranton    

Kate    Raynor   Scranton    

.\nnie    Kimball    Scranton    

Elizabeth    Wilson    Scranton     

Emma   Ade   Ross    

Laura  Van   Court   Ross    

Mrs.  Jennie  Delano  Clark   June 

Mrs.  Laura  Van  Court  Wallace  

Charles    M.    Russell     Sept. 

Mrs.   Abbie    L   Russell    

Jennie    Russell     

Mrs.   Eliza  Lewis   

Louis    C.    Franz    

Hattic    May    Bless    Sept. 

William    R.    Anthony    

Mrs.  Laura  E.  Anthony  

Henry   B.  Taylor Nov. 

Mrs.   Fannie  Jenkinson  Taylor    

Mrs.    Marguerite    Darlington     Dec. 

Mrs.  Jennie  W.  B.  Looker 

Henry  J.   Benrider   

Harry    H.    Looker    

Mrs.   Julia    Heany    Mar. 

Julia  Ann  Heany    

Albert   Charles   Putter    

Flora    May   Hawk    

Elizabeth   Wolcott   Jackson    

Cornelia   Hope   Foster    

Minnie  Lepert   

Kate    Voelpel     

Lillian    .Mdridije    


-25. 

1887. 

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4. 

1887. 

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4. 

1887. 

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2, 

1888. 

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p 
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p 
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124 

Elizabeth  Bettcher  Mar.  2,  1888.      P. 

Edward  C.  Holmes   "  C. 

Mrs.   Eliza  Jenkinson    Holmes    "  C. 

Jessie    Downing     "  P 

Mrs.   Mary  A.   Dunham    May  29,  1888.     C. 

Mary   E.   Dunham    "  C. 

Evelyn    Dunham     "  C. 

Ida  Richter  "  P. 

Fannie   Magdonier    "  P. 

George    H.   Thompson    June  i,  1888.     P. 

Mary   L.   Thompson    "  P. 

Richard    Strait     "  P- 

Julia  H.   Ball   "  P. 

Elizabeth   C.   Downing   "  P. 

Louise    Jessup     "  _     P. 

Elizabeth    Brown    "  P. 

Ella   F.  Johnson    "  P. 

Edward   Elijah   Brown    Oct.  5,  1888.     C. 

Helena  S.  Hewer   "  C. 

Eva   Edgerton    Burritt    "  C. 

Theodore    Mills     "  C. 

Susie    S.    Thompson    Nov.  30,  1888.     C. 

Annie   A.    Clayton    "  C. 

Jennie    Guerin    Swain    "  P. 

Florence  Hattie  Joy    "  P. 

Sarah    Zilkie    Mar.  i,  1889.     P. 

Luther  H.  Johnson    "  P. 

Charles  Henry  Earl  Utter    "  P. 

Addie    Coles     May  31.  1889.     P. 

Annie    Kratt    "  P. 

Clara   Berger    "  P. 

May   West    "  P- 

Gilbert  Tennet  Woodhull    "  P. 

A.    Barent    LeMassena    "  P. 

Mrs.  Sarah  Alphonse  Underwood    "  C. 

William    Smith    June  2,  1S89.     P. 

Anthony    P.    Pfeil    Oct.  10,  1889.     P. 

Samuel    Beaman     "  P. 

Benjamin    F.    Roby    "  P. 

William    Kratt    "  P. 

Minnie    E.    Morrow    "  P. 

Annie    Underbill     Jan.  3,  1890.     C. 

Sarah   Underbill    "  C. 

Mrs.  George   H.  Lindsley   "  C. 


125 

Isaac  W.  Egbert   Jan.     3,    iSfji .     C. 

Mrs.  Jane  A.   Egbert    "  C. 

Mrs.   Annie   Chase   Wagoner    "  C. 

Mrs.    Mary    Blanchard    Rose    "  C. 

Emma    Eisenschmidt     "  P- 

John    F.   Williams    "  C. 

Mrs.  John   F.  WilHams    "  C. 

Mrs.  Kate  Elizabeth   Pfeil    "  P- 

Anna    Isabel    Benrider    "  P- 

Mrs.    Margaret    Beaman    "  P- 

Louisa    May    Saisselin    "  P- 

Ida    Louise    Graber     "  P- 

Mrs.    Margaret    Eisenschmidt    Jan.      3,    1890.     P 

George   J.    Holmes    "  P- 

Rachel   Watkins    "  P. 

Harriet   F.  Watkins   '"  P- 

Mrs.   Harriet  EHen   Watkins    "  P 

Pauline    Eisenschmidt    "  P- 

Numa    L.   Saisselin    "  P- 

Mrs.    Eugenia    Sais.selin     "  P- 

John     Holt     Mar.      7.    1800.     P. 

Mrs.   Annie   Wakefield    "  P- 

Mrs.   Emeline  Wakefield "  P. 

Mrs.    Annie    Magdenier "  P- 

Annie    Ihm     "  P- 

Edward   C.   Holmes,  Jr "  P 

George    J.    Holmes    "  P- 

I  da    Graber  ' "  P- 

Minnie    Uhlig     "  P- 

Adeline    Uhlig     .  "  P 

Mrs.  Marie  Gordon  Dodd   May    23.    1890.     P. 

Mary    Hawk     "  P 

Uflford   C.  Jones    "  P 

Nellie    Allen     "  P 

May   Benrider    "  P 

Sarah    Lorena    Conant    "  P. 

Charles    Sylvester    Conant    "  P. 

Julia   Ollie   Hughes    "  P. 

Alfred    Sasselin     "  P. 

May    Post    "  P. 

Lillian   Woodruff "  P. 

Addie    Williams    "  P. 

Mabel    Smith    "  P. 

Clara    Meeker    "  P. 


126 


Charles  Miller   May   2,3.    1890.      P. 

William   Watkins    '■  P. 

iMrs.  Mary  Ann  Crane   

Mrs.  Sarah  Matilda  Looker   May    23.    1800. 

Pierre   M.    Looker    

Florence    Irene    Morrow    

Amelia    Kaessler    

Edward  Blair  Sutphen   

Nina    F.   Jackson    

Emily    Walton     

Alice    M.    Downing    

Eliza   Sutliffe    

Edgar  J.   Rhodes    

Emma   Smith    

Jessie    Wakefield    

Lena    Saisselin    

Kate    Worth    

Rensselaer  W.   Bartram   May 

Mary   A.    Russell    

Mary  M.  Harrison   

Frederica    B.    Allen    

Charles    Prentiss    Russell    

Frank    Parkhurst    Russell    

Annie   Sutliffe    , 

Alice  Skivington   

W.  Timanus  McDowell   

Peter    Layton    

L.  D.  Howard  Gilmour   .' 

Mrs.   Myra  Irwin   Allen    

Mrs.    Phebe   E.    Bedell    May 

Mrs.   Julia   R.    Davis    "  C. 

Mrs.   Emma   Van   Doren    "  C. 

Isabella   Van   Doren    "  C. 

Mrs.    Rebecca    A.   Tompkins    "  C. 

Lucius   M.   Henderson    "  P. 

Julia    Jacobs    "  P. 

John   H.  Tuttle,  Jr "  P. 

Oliver   Wolcott   Jackson    "  P. 

Henry  B.   Bigelow   "  P. 

Elizabeth    Mary   Kline    "  P. 

Mrs.    Catherine   Goldberg    "  P. 

Lucinda    Ridley     "  P. 

Mrs.   Mary  A.   Jones    Dec.      5,    t8qo.     C. 

Mrs.    Mary    Schulte    "  P. 


V. 
I'. 
P. 
P. 
P. 
P. 
P. 
P. 
P. 
P. 
P. 
P. 
P. 
P. 

7,  1890.  P. 
P. 
P. 
P. 
P. 
P. 
P. 
P. 
P. 
P. 

c. 
c. 

1890.    c. 


30. 


127 

Frederick  Prentice   Dec.      5,  1890.      P. 

Geo.   W.    Carter    "  P. 

Frederick    Bescher    "  P. 

William    R.    Winans    "  P. 

Frederick    L.    Vanness    '"  C. 

Mrs.   Norman   H.   Peters    Feb.  20.  1891.     P. 

Mrs.  Susie  Alberta  Reuck   "  P. 

Vitallis  Bechtel    "  P. 

August    Fi.scher    "  P. 

Frederick    Beck    "  P. 

William   O.   Cooper    Feb.  27.  1S91.     P. 

Ellis  Clyde  Healey   •'  P 

Jessie   Prentice    "  P. 

Ella   Bowden    "  P. 

Mrs.  Sarah  Augusta  King  Cooper   "  C. 

Lizzie   L.  Van   Houten    "  C. 

Minnie  A.  Van   Houten    "  C. 

Thomas    Prentice     "  C. 

Mrs.  Thomas  Prentice   "  C. 

Mrs.  Catherine  Prentice  Kenyon   "  C. 

William  Lincoln   L.  Jenkins   "  C. 

Mrs.  Jennie  Augusta  Jenkins   "  C. 

Mrs.   Emma  A.  Kelly   "  C. 

Emma   J.    Kelly    "  C. 

Julia   Reed    Davis    May  28.  1891.     P. 

Annie    Sleicher    •  "  P. 

Rosina    M.    Miller    "  C. 

Clara   F.   Green    "  C. 

Agnes   B.   Green    "  C. 

Estelle    May    Kelly    "  C. 

^Irs.  Mary  Mcllvaine  Ryerson    "  C 

Mrs.   Chas.   Cook    "  C. 

George  S.  Clapp  "  C. 

Fanny  W.  Clapp  "  C. 

Russell   A.   Clapp "  C. 

Florence   M.   Clapp    "  C. 

Mrs.    Henrietta    Edwards    June  5,  1891.     P 

Annie     ■NL    Riker    "  P. 

Mrs.   Ira   C.  Whitehead    '■  C. 

Carrie     Green     Sept.  25,  189T.     P. 

Charles    Henry   White    Oct.  2.  1891.     C. 

Eulalie    McDowell    "  C. 

Mrs.    Ida    Josephine    White    "'  P. 

Fanny  E.    Hathaway   "  P. 


128 

Mrs.    Freeman     Dec.      6,    1891.     C. 

Mrs.    Margareta    Mundy    Mar.      4.    1892.     P. 

Herman    Gerhart    "  P. 

Lizzie    Blake    "  P. 

Harry   Lewis   Zbinden    "  P. 

Mrs.  Abby  T.  Dobson    "  C. 

A.    R.    Lyon    "  C. 

Cora  V.  White    "  C. 

Mrs.  Harriet  A.  Van  Ness   "  C. 

Lulu    E.    Smith    "  C. 

Mrs.   Minnie  J.   Russel    "  C. 

Edwin   F.   Mundy    "  C. 

William   McMinn    "  C. 

Mrs.  Rachel  Williams  "  C. 

Edward    Menerth    May    26,    1892.     P. 

Mrs.    Caroline    Kratt    "  P. 

Sibenah  .Courier   ; "  P. 

j\lrs.    Emily   Courter    "  P. 

Mrs.  Louisa  Zbinden  "  P. 

Mrs.   Elizabeth   West    "  P. 

Mrs.  Mary  Louisa  Francisco  "  P. 

Wm.    Zbinden    "  P. 

Wm.    Huttenback    "  P. 

Annie   Willie    .  . .  .^ •  "  P. 

Fred.  W.   Canfield "  P. 

Edward    Kratt     "  P. 

.•\.    Frank   Spangler    ''  C. 

Martha   Nye   Jackson    June      3,    1892.     P. 

Henrietta  Fowler  Bigelow    "  P. 

Mrs.    Catherine    Mucky    "  P. 

Mrs.   Laura   Blanchard   Spangler    "'  P. 

Helena    Gardiner    "  P. 

Mrs.   Lizzie  Crelin   "  P. 

Virginia    Froman    "  P. 

Louise   E.   Fischer    "  P. 

Christine    Bescher    "  P. 

Mrs.  Lila  R.   Bigelow   '•  C. 

Emma    L.    Zbinden    "  C. 

Gertrude   M.    Dwyer    "  C. 

David    Henderson    "  C. 

Mrs.  Matilda  Henderson    "  C. 

Clara   Belle   Walton    Sept.  ,30.    1892.     P. 

V.  V.  Le  Roy    "                 •  C. 

Mrs.  Jennie  A.  Le   Roy   "  C. 


1139 

Mrs.   Margaret  J.   Lain    Sept.  30,  1892.      C. 

Mrs.   Carrie   Heller    Oct.  2,  1892.     P. 

Mrs.   Clara  Eleanor   Godson    Nov.  25,  1892.     P. 

Mrs.   Lizzie   Speicher    "  P- 

Anthony    Ferry     "  P. 

Mrs.  Margaret  B.   Marshall   Dec.  .3,  1892.     C. 

John  M.  Chandler   "  C. 

Mrs.  Anna  McCloud   Mar.  3,  1893.     P. 

Mrs.   Eliza  Rhinehart    "  P. 

diaries   W.    Edwards    "  C. 

Hattie    E.    Hatfield    "  C. 

Henry  D.  Hatfield   "  C. 

Henry  E.   Hatfield   "  C. 

Leslie   E.   Hatfield    "  C. 

Eugene  A.   Bradley   "  C. 

Wm.    A.    Howell    "  C. 

.'"inna    A.    Dickerson    "  C. 

Otto  H.  Schulte   June  2,  1S93.     P. 

M  rs.  Caroline  Blake   "  P. 

Mrs.  Agnes   Finley    "  P- 

Mrs.    Irene    Wright    "  P. 

.Mabel   M.  .Speicher   "  P. 

Edward   F.   Looker    "  P.' 

Emily    Jones    "  C. 

Lottie    Davis    "  C. 

Chas.   H.   Simonton    "  C. 

Mrs.    Ella   Tichenor   Simonton    "  C. 

Mrs.   Bertha  W.  Pierson    "  C. 

John  N.   Cull    Sept.  27,  1893.     f* 

Mrs.    Caroline    Cull    "  P. 

Emma  E.  Krug "  C. 

Mrs.    Emma    E.    Gardiner    "  C. 

Chas.   B.   Yatman    "  C. 

Rachel    McDowell    Dec.  r,  1893.     P- 

S.    R.    Hankinson    "  C. 

Mrs.   S.   R.   Hankinson    "  C. 

-Mrs.   Lizzie    Lins   Snedeker    "  C. 

Sylvanus  D.  Shepperd "  C. 

Mrs.  Emma  W.  Shepperd "  C. 

Mary  Lizzie   Hardin    "  C. 

Mrs.     ^L  D.   Lewis   "  C. 

Harold   .A.   Lewis    "  C. 


I30 

Julia   H.   Fuss    Mar.  2,  1894.     P. 

Theodore   Francisco    "  P. 

June  Thornton  Allen   "  P. 

Mrs.  Corinne  Lyle  Vinson   '■  C. 

Moses   Bigelow,  Jr June  i,  1894.     P. 

Willis     Green     "    ■  P. 

Ella  E.  Green   "  P. 

Adele   Kelly   "  P: 

Nettie    Morrow    "  P. 

Mrs.  Louisa  L.  Allen    "  P. 

Jacob    Green    "  C. 

Mrs.  D.  Caroline  Green   "  C. 

Mrs.  Anna  Vail  Wagoner  "  C. 

Herbert  C.  Jacobus   "  C. 

Florence  Van  Hise   "  C. 

Daniel  J.  Hamilton   Sept.  28,  1894.     P. 

George    Francis    Baright    "  C. 

Mrs.    Louise    Baright    "  C. 

John  S.   M  urden    "  C. 

Mrs.  Hattie  Lyon  Murden "  C. 

Wm.    M     Hunter    "  C. 

James    B.    Prentice    Nov.  29,  1894.     C. 

Mrs.   lola   Rooke    "  P. 

Eliza  Jane  Holmes    "  P. 

Wilhelmina    Lentz     "  P. 

Marjorie    Bless    "  P. 

William    Hamilton "  P. 

Charlotte   Marie   Cull    "  P. 

Annie  Allen    "  P. 

Norma    Theresa    Hamilton    Feb.  23.  1895.     P. 

Mary  Moore  Hughes    Mar.      i.  1895.     P 

Ellen    Saisselin    "  P. 

Alex.   Wm.    Crelin    "  P. 

Mrs.    Agnes    Frier    "  P. 

Carl   Ferdinand   Aarberg   "  P. 

Maggie    Prentice    "  P. 

William   John    Hoeland    "  P. 

Albert   O.    Headley    "  C. 

Mrs.   Fannie   Freeman    "  C. 

Mrs.  Anna  Wood  Reber   May  24,  1895.     P 

Lloyd   S.    Reber    "  P. 

Thos.   N.   MiUen   "  C. 

Edna  V.   LeMassena    May  31,  1895.     P. 

Nina   Howland   Walton    "  P. 


131 

Elizabeth  Johnson   Brown    May  31,  1895.      P. 

Margaret    Hoeland     "  P. 

Quirico   R.    Bonell    "  P. 

Charles   Blake    "  P. 

Evander    J.    Maclver    "  C. 

Mrs.  Mary  Emma  Putnam   Oct.       4,  1895.     P. 

Isaac  E.  Spicer  "  P. 

Mrs.  Isadore  Spicer "  P. 

Sarah   .\nn    Richardson    "  P. 

Mrs.  Cecelia   M.   R.  Aarberg    Nov.  29,  1895.     P. 

Catherine  R.  Wallace   "  P. 

Sarah  Streit   Riker   "  P. 

Nora   McDowell    "  P. 

Horace   R.   Putnam    "  P. 

Mrs.    Fannie    Bonell    "  P. 

Laura    Hand    "  C. 

Maud    Smith    "  C. 

Geo.  W.   Chew    "  C. 

Mrs.   Clara  Chew   "  C. 

Mrs.   Hannah  M.  Van  Voorhis   "  C. 

Minnie    Van    Voorhis    "  C 

Vera  L.  Van  Voorhis "  C. 

Marie   Berrian   Riker    Feb.  28,  1896.     P. 

Laura    Beveridge   Wright    "  P. 

Charles  A.  Oppenger   "  P. 

William  J.   Henderson    "  C. 

Mrs.   William   J.    Henderson    "  C. 

Mrs.  Margaret  R.   Williams    "  C. 

Mary    E.    Williams    "  C. 

Alice  R.  Williams    "  C. 

Harold    Williams     "  C. 

Alice  E.  Fisher   May  29,  1896.     P. 

Louis    Benoit     "  P. 

Ormond  E.   Lewis   "  C. 

William  F.  Ryerson  June  5,  1896.     P. 

Mrs.    Mary   M.    Ryerson    "  P. 

Agnes  Howell   "  C. 

Ruth  V.  Wells    "  P. 

Grace  J.  Baldwin    "  P. 

Mrs.  Emma  Hornell   "  C. 

Mrs.  Mary  R.  Bacon  "  C. 

Mrs.  Jane   Mack   June  5,  1896.     P. 

Mrs.   Rachel   R.   Reynolds   "  C. 


13* 


Sarah  L.  Gulick   Oct. 

Mrs.    Emma    C.    Stag    

Sophie   Richter    

Caroline    S.    Woodruff    

Mrs.  Louise  Stuber  

Symtnes   H.   Gulick    

Mrs.  Henrietta  D.  Gulick    

Albert  Augustus   Schmidt    Feb. 

Mrs    Mary   Schmidt    

Mrs.   Jennie   V.   Ditzler    

Sarah    Jennet    Wilson     

Clara    Wilson     

Laura    Austin    Wilson    

Benjamin    ?\I.    Ludlow    

Mrs.  Martha  A.  Ludlow  

Jesse   B.   Newby    

Mrs.    Nettie   Newby    

M.   B.   Ditzler    

Fred'k    Ditzler    

Ida    Stuber    Mar. 

Mrs.  Catherine  ALnry  Varian   

Fred'k     Mersfelder     

Mrs.   Lillian   Augusta   Foster   

Caroline    Pierson    

Peter   M.    Ditzler    

Mrs.    Elizabeth    Hyland    Mar, 

Mrs.  Amelia   Bergeur   

Esther  A.   Pierson 

Mrs.  Eliza  E.  Burritt   

Mrs.  Kate  B.  Carter   

Edith    B     Carter    

Mrs.    Jane    Mack    June 

William    E.    Spicer    

William   G.   Hedrich    

William  R.  Anthony   

Mrs.  Laura   E.  Anthony   

Mrs.  Mahlon  Buchanan    

Mrs.  Anna   Bell   Moore    Dec. 

Emma   M.   Sheridan    

Maurice   J.   Thompson    ' 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  S    B.  Thompson  

Jane   H.   Rothacker   Dec. 

Elsie   Hendler Mar. 

Frank   Henry   Symington    


2, 

1896. 

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P. 
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C. 

c. 

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1897. 

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7. 

1897. 

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4. 

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c. 
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3. 

1897. 

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6, 

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4. 

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133 


Mayland   Cooper  Buchanan    Mar. 

Stephen   J.    Mayhew    

Mrs.    Jessie    Mayhew    

John    F.    Boylan    

Mrs.   Kate    Kirkhoff    

Mrs.  Emily  B.  Fuller 

Mrs.  Anna  L.  Baldwin   

Mrs.   Hattie  Elizabeth   Kerris    June 

Willian    Ruch    

John    H.    Beynon    

Amita  Zuber 

Henry  John   Hemhauser    

J.  Bowman  Thompson   

Mrs.  Sadie  Louise  Thompson   

Bayard   T.   Thompson    

Florence    Brown     

Frank   W.   Wells    Dec. 

H.   Torrance   Pegley    

James   C.    England    

Emma  De  Kampener   

James  R.  Sayre   Feb. 

Mrs.  Anna  Harris  Stillman    Mar. 

Claude   L.   Stillman    

Arthur    Rofhaker     

Julia   C.    Green    

Laura   May   Green    

S.    Clayton    Shepperd    

Roy   Foster  Anthony    

Louis    T.    Wiss    

George   R.   Root    

Elizabeth  J.   Brown    

Fred'k  C.  Atwater   

Mrs.   Verda   ^L   .\twater    

Frederick  C.  Atwater   

Myrtle    C.    Shepperd    June 

Wilhemina     Locke     

Mabel   Esther   Freeman    

Laura  Gertrude  Williams   

Edna  Augusta  Schmidt    

Minnie  Lavinia  Williams 

Edith    Wakefield    

James  S.  Higbie   

Mrs.    Mary  T.    Higbie    

Helen  Thornton   Higbie    


4. 

1898. 

1'. 
c. 
c. 
c. 
c. 
c. 
c. 

3. 

1898. 

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4. 

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134 

Mariana   Higbie    .June      2.    1899.      C. 

Irene    Harrison    Higbie    "  C. 

James   P.   Roacli    June      4,    1899.     P. 

Mary    E.    Boozer    "  C. 

William  Henry  Winget   Dec.       i,    1899.     P. 

Mrs.    Elizabeth   Tucker    "  C. 

Emma   T.    Ormandy    "  C. 

Anna   B.   Garrigan    "  C. 

Mrs.  Geo.  A.  Beardsley  "  C. 

Henrietta   Beardsley    "  C. 

Geo.  A.  Beardsley,  Jr "  C. 

Mrs.   Jane    Renand    Kearney    "  C. 

S.   Prescott    Lazarus    "  C. 

Nellie    Wilcox     "  C. 

Laura   Louise   Roby   Mar      2,    tgoo.     P. 

Annie    P.    Schiruska    "  P. 

Henry   Charles   Kratt    "  P. 

Mrs,    Mary    E.    Brown    "  C. 

Anna   Louisa  Pierson    May    30.    igoo.     P. 

Louisa  Jane   Richardson    "  P. 

Katherine    Young     "  P. 

Carrie    Elizabeth   Kemmer    "  P. 

Mary   M.   Schussler    "  P. 

Ella    Frances    Bowman    "  P. 

Rodger   Young    "  P. 

Harrison   Sayre   Higbie    "  P. 

Edward  Judson  Sparks    "  P. 

Wm.  Henry  Ricker   "  P. 

Geo.  Elmer  Zabriskie   "  P. 

John  Ogden   Biglow    "  P. 

Geo.   Randall    Swain    June      i,    1900.     P. 

Ethel   Catherine   Paul    "  P. 

Mary   Ann   Woorster    "  P. 

Bertha  Emma  Woorster    "  P. 

Mrs.  Bertha  Schwind   "  P. 

Maggie   May  Van   Houten    "  P. 

."Mice  Sarah   Brown    "  P. 

Mary   Georgianna   Waldron    "  P. 

Mary  Elizabeth   Vaughan    "  P. 

Nina    West     "  P. 

Mary    Elizabeth    Bonnell     "  P. 

Elizabeth    May    Meyer    "  P. 

Frances'  Cora   Bonnell    "  P. 

Wm.   Joseph    Kratt    "  P. 


135 

Mrs.  Mary  C.  Horton  Juiif      i.    igoo       C. 

Mrs.   Martha  V.   Foster   "  C. 

Emma    I,.    Hall    "  C, 

Mrs.  Anna   Isabella   Eberhard    June      j,    igoo.     C. 

Mrs.  May  Ann  Skivington    "  C. 

(jeo.   Washington    Brunt    "  C. 

Harry    Francis    Spicer    "  C. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth   F.  Tucker  "  P. 

Mrs.    Catherine    Brunt    "  P. 

Bert  J.   Horton   Oct.       5,    1900      P. 

Charles    Tack    "  P. 

Ellis    Berger    "  P. 

-Urs.   Elizabeth  M.  Ryerson   "  P. 

1  da    Bell   Springer    "  P. 

Margaret  Held   "  P. 

I'lorence    .^nnie    Lenoir    "  P. 

Frederica    Helmstaedter    "  P. 

Georgia   May   Hagerman    "  P. 

Freda     Zwanziger     "  P. 

.■\nna    Dora    Fisher    "  P. 

\Vilhelmina    Demitz     "  C. 

Margaret    B.    Hughes    "  C. 

Jlrs.   Mary  Elizabeth   I\Iayo   "  C. 

Mrs.   Elizabeth   D.   Hagerman    "  C. 

George    D.    Drake    "  C. 

Mrs.    Emma   L.   Drake    "  C. 

Anna    Elizabeth    Leynard    Nov.    30,    igoo.      P. 

Julia    Probst    "  P. 

Sophie    Moser    "  P. 

Mary    Moser    "  P. 

William   R.   Moser    "  P. 

Mrs.    Louisa   M.   Conklm    "  P. 

Mrs.   Mary  Ann   Kime    "  P. 

Alfred    Fullard    "  P. 

Ezra    McDowell    "  P. 

.Mvin    D.    Caskey    "  C. 

Ira    Calvert     "  C. 

Aaron   Wm.    Godfrey    "  C. 

Mrs.  Sarah  R.   Munn    "  C. 

Mrs.  Emma  Louisa  Paul   "  C. 

Mrs.    Carrie    Taylor    Mar.      i,    1901.     P. 

]\Irs.  Teresa   Agnes  Weisleder    "  P. 

Ida  L    Meis   "  P. 

Josephine    Vaughan     "  P. 


t«6 


Mrs.  Carrie   E.   Meis    Mar.      i,    rgoi. 

Agnes  A.  Stephenson   

Edwin   D.   DeWitt    

Franlc    E.    Moser 

Carrie    P.    West    

Mrs.    Catherine    Probst    

Lydia  A.  Probst   

Locy   M.   Howell    

Mrs.    Lizzie    Sickinger    

Annie  I.  Drake    

Monroe    Del.ong     

M'rs.   Harriet   DeLong    

Samuel    jNlagill    

M'rs.  Grace  Magill   

Wm.  A.   Howell    

Mrs.  Katherine  .Macdonald  Howell    

Mary    E.    Ritter    

Emma    Wilhelm    May    31,    IQOI. 

Adele    E.   Smith    

Elizabeth    Goldberg    

Grace     Gardner     

William    Henry   Meis    

Walter    H.    Schussler    

Angus    Campbell    

Mrs.    Milly   Campbell    

Charles    E.    Beatty    

Mrs.   Sarah  E.  Caskey   

Rose   McKean    Hotchkiss    

John    H.   Vinson    Sept.  23,    1901. 

Mrs.  Amelia   Groome    Oct.       4,    1901. 

Lottie  Ann   Groome    

Hattie   Edith   Putnam   

Frederick    Tramer     " 

August  John   Weisleder    " 

Lsaac    J.    Jones    " 

Silas    H.    Pierson    " 

Frank    Fancher    " 

Jardine    Wallace     " 

Mrs.   Charlotte   M.   Wallace    " 

Mrs.    Louise    Adair    Nov.    29,    igoi. 

John  Perry  Adair    " 

Mrs.   Caroline   Kratt    " 

.Mrs.   Grace  Goodwin  Morgan    " 

Mrs.  Margaret  H.  Conly  " 


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137 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Roed  No% .    29.    i<3oi      C. 

Mr.  and   Mrs.   Schlobohn    "  C. 

Mrs.   Edna  A.  Dewitt   "  C. 

M  rs.   Dora   Vaughn    Feb.    28.    rgoa.     P. 

Frederick    Mutz "  P. 

Mabel    Ryerson     "  P. 

Charles  J.   Sleight    "  P. 

Richard     Heller     "  P. 

John    Gauer     "  P. 

Emil    Stahl     -  P. 

Adelbert    Rood     "  P. 

Gertrude    Langle    "  P. 

Robert   Henry  Dean    "  P. 

Dudley   Farrand    "  C. 

Mrs.  Jane  Chanipenois   Farrand   "  C. 

Anna  B.   Farrand    "  C. 

Mrs.   Eliza   Scott    "  C. 

Mrs.    Frederick   Mutz    ^  .  "  C. 

Mary    A.    McNeill    "  C. 

Mrs.  Sarah  M.  Griffiths   "  C. 

George   C.   Wintringer    "  C. 

Mrs.  Mary  E.  Finlay  Wintringer   "  C 

Walter    Matthews    "  C 

Geo.  C.  Sleeth   "  C. 

Mrs.  Effie  H.  Sleeth   "  C. 

Waldo   Emerson   Clarke    Mar.      2,    1902.     P. 

Mrs.   Mary   Cornelisse    "  C. 

Marry   S.    Reed    May    24.    1902.     P 

Pierre  SanfoTd  Ross "  P. 

Thomas   G.   Green    "'  P. 

Wilson    D.   Clark    -. "  P. 

Arthur  V.   Ryerson    "  P. 

William  L.   Bansback    "  P. 

Florence   M.   Richardson    .^. "  P. 

Bertha   F.   Schwind    '. "  P. 

Mamie    Sand    "  P. 

Susan    Clark    "  P. 

Mrs.   Katherine   Reynolds    "  C. 

Mrs.    Margaret   E.    Southard    "  C. 

William   E.   Calvert    "  C. 

Mrs.    Catherine    M.    Eldred    Oct.       3,    1-902.     P. 

Lillie  T.   Eldred    "  P. 

Mrs.   Margaret   Kowalsky   "  P. 

Lucy  May  Kratt    ■  "  P. 


138 


Phebe    Price    Pierson Oct. 

Abram  H.  Van  Houten  

Mrs.  Eliza  C.  Van  Houten   

Ernest  Genung   

Mrs.  Minnie  J.   Gennng   

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Morrow   

Mrs.  Sarah  V.  Matthews   

WilHam    Bennett    Dec. 

Mrs.  Minnie  W.  H.  Bennett   

Florence  C.  Bennett   

William    E.    Crawford    

Mrs.    Grace    Crawford    

Mrs.  Beulah  A.  Waldron   

George   R.   Waldron    

Helen  R.  Anthony   

Dorothy  N.   Clark    

Mrs.  J.  H.  Hines   

Mrs.   Henrietta   Emma   Ohme    Feb. 

Charles   Lester   Matthews   

Janet   Catherine    Linnett    

Matthias    Munn   Dodd    

Clara  Alice   Green    

Fred  W.  Miller   

Clara    L.   Schussler    

Lucy     Miller     

Mildred   Steel   Allen    

Thornton    Whitney    Allen     

Andrew    Kratt    

Mrs.   Mary   Elizabeth   Wheeler   

Mrs.   Mary  Reynolds   Dodd    

Howard   C.   Crane    

.Augustus  de   Peyster   Harlow    

Mary   M.   Parker    

Maud  H.   Russell    , June 

Laura   C.   Pucher    

Mrs.  Sophia  Van   Pelt    

Mrs.   Bertha   Laurance   Healey    Oct. 

Mrs.    Elizabeth    Ryerson     Dec. 

Mrs.  Aimee  Wilson  Shailer   Dec. 

Milton    C.    Dodd    

Lena   Schoner    

Lottie   S.   Ryerson    

Florence    Ryerson    

Tillie   C.   Springer    


3. 

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139 

Sophia   Schiniska    Dec.       4,  1903.      P. 

Freda    Ludwig    "  P. 

Elizabeth    Ludwig    "  P. 

William    Gauer    "  P. 

Mrs.  Caroline  Gauer   "  P. 

Mrs.    Carrie   R.    Stafford    "  P. 

Jane    Elizabeth    Cretty    "  P. 

Arthur    Stuber    "  P. 

James   Sterns   Crane    "  P. 

Mrs.   Caroline   C.   Bucher    "  P. 

Sumner    Shailer    "  C. 

Helen    Wilson     "  C. 

Howard   C.   Baldwin   "  C. 

Mrs.   Elizabeth   F.  Kellogg   "  C. 

Mrs.    Laura    Mayer    "  C. 

Mrs.   Emma  Sym    "  C. 

Olivette   Holzhauer    '"  C. 

Mrs.    Mary   Catherine   Zeek    Mar.  4,  1904.     P. 

Matilda  Ashenfelder    "  P. 

Emma    Sarah    Freeman    "  P. 

David    Beaman    "  P. 

Lewis    Hoffman    "  P. 

Kuno    Frey    "  P. 

Charles   Kilburn    "  C. 

Mrs.  Grace  Currier  Kilburn  "  C. 

]\lrs.    Pauline    Doremus    "  C. 

William    Springer     June  3,  1904.     P. 

Mrs.  Hannah   N.   Bissell    "  C. 

Addison   H.   Bissell    "  C. 

George    Norman    Bissell    "  C. 

Matilda   C.    Fritzen    June  5,  1904.     P. 

Mary    W.    Rinquist    "  P. 

Charles    Winkler    Oct.  2,  1904.     P. 

Mrs.  Helen  Halsey  Ross Dec.  6,  1904.     C. 

Mrs.  Louisa  A.  Beach  "  C. 


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